EqualLogic firmware with vStorage API

This month Dell released their firmware for EqualLogic iSCSI SANs.

A couple of things that caught my attention:

vStorage API support. Things like snapshot, storage vmotion etc are now handled by the array, instead of the ESX host
you can create seperate volume administrators. No more need to create group admins if you only need to create volumes
2TB disk support for the 4000 en 6000 series. The 6500 series already had support for 2TB disks
You can mix 5500/6500 in a pool. This is still not recommended

Features like this makes it even a better storage system than it already was in my opinion.

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About Anne Jan Elsinga

Anne Jan Elsinga is a Consultant for Imtech ICT in the Netherlands. He spends his working hours with a lot of virtualization stuff, from feasibility to implementation for server virtualization/consolidation and desktop virtualization. In 2009, 2010 and 2011 he was awarded with the VMware vExpert status. In the night time he dances latin, ballroom and salsa and he also discovered the pleasure of diving.

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