Author Archives: Alex Galbraith

How often do you upgrade your storage array software?

Upgrades are scary! Having managed and implemented upgrades on highly available systems such as the old Sun StorageTech line of rebranded HDS USP/VSP arrays back in the day, [..]

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Who want’s to know what an Evil David Niven looks like?

In the first 36 years of my life I avoided the Mo as the half a dozen hairs that actually grow on my top lip would most likely [..]

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Quick Tip: Install a VIB into an Existing vSphere 5.5 ESXi Host

The following will likely work in other versions of vSphere, but I used it in vSphere 5.5 a while ago, then forgot to hit publish on this post! [..]

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Without good Analytics you dont have a competitive storage product

Throughout my career, analysing storage utilisation for solution design and capacity management has not been an easy task! Even recently when I speak to customers about utilisation, they [..]

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