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HowTo: enabling LefthandOS 12.0 & intelligent VMware MultiPathing Extension...
With the release of the 12.0 version of LefthandOS on the StoreVirtual platform, one of the long attended features was the intelligent MPIO which was already available for Windows (DSM MPIO) but not...
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How a home lab can run out of control…
Probably you know (if not check my LinkedIn profile) that I am a do-it-all dude when it comes to HP servers and storage. I must admit I could make a job out of my hobby so I am not complaining… However...
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HP CS200-HC hands-on: Can HP deploy a complete VMware environment in less...
Yes they can apparently… Find the proof below. A few months ago I wrote already about the release of the HP StoreVirtual CS200-HC (what’s in a name?) hyper-converged system that combines 4 servers and...
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HP’s hyper-converged portfolio grows: meet the CS250-HC
HP launches 2 new models in its hyper-converged set of products. Last year they released, together with an EVO RAIL model, they CS240-HC base and CS242-HC performance appliances. I tested these models...
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HP LeftHand OS Version 12.5 released including Quorum Witness and Split...
HP released the latest version 12.5 for its HP StoreVirtual family. This means the physical StoreVirtual 4000 appliances and the popular Software Defined Storage VSA platform. Besides the typical fixes...
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HPE OneView for VMware vCenter 7.8 released
HPE (got to get used to this new Hewlett Packard Enterprise stuff…) released the latest version of it connector software between HP OneView and VMware vCenter. I was waiting for this one because, since...
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HPE Hyper-Converged 250 goes Microsoft
At HPE Discover in London HP announced besides the new Synergy platform also another important next step in that other new platform being HPE ConvergedSystem CS250 Hyper-Converged StoreVirtual aka...
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100% uptime for 7 years with StoreVirtual VSA? Check!
I think I must have been the first one in Belgium being LeftHand Certified, just before HP acquired LeftHand Networks in 2008. As an instructor I was curious for this new technology of Network RAID and...
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More flexibility with the new HPE Hyper Converged HC250
First there was the CS240/242-HC for VMware with the 15 minute deployment time, then the CS250-HC for Microsoft Cloud Platform System and VMware, and now there is the next step towards the hyper...
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New HPE MyLearning Storage exams released!
Call out to all my students in the past, and people who are interested in becoming HPE certified. HPE MyLearning released on 1 March 2016 the new V2 version of the 3 levels of storage certifications...
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HPE Hyperconverged portfolio boosts with the new HC380
This week HPE announced its 3rd offering in its Hyperconverged portfolio. After the HC250 for VMware vSphere and the HC250 for Microsoft Cloud Platform System (both based on Apollo’s 2U chassis with up...
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Getting started with HPE VM Explorer
Some time ago HPE announced that they would acquire Trilead, a small Swiss based company with 1 actual product being VM Explorer being a backup product for VMware and Hyper-V environments. In this...
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Storage conclusions after HPE Discover
OK found my way back home after a fantastic week in Las Vegas at the annual HPE Discover event… Since I was asked to teach twice the Master ASE Storage class to get +50 people certified with the...
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HPE introduces StoreVirtual 3200: revolution instead of evolution
HPE just eannounced its next generation of StoreVirtual products. The current (physical) StoreVirtual 4000 platform is based on Proliant Gen8 hardware, it would be logic to move on to the current Gen9...
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How-To: initial deployment and configuration of HPE StoreVirtual 3200
With the release of the StoreVirtual 3200 some time ago, HPE released a completely new product leaving all procedures and best practices behind. Therefore, this is a good moment to try out this new...
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Getting ready for HPE Discover London 2016
Every year at the end of November HPE organizes its biggest customer and partner event for EMEA: HPE Discover. For the second time in a row it will be held at the ExCel Center in London, UK. I will be...
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HPE announces HyperConverged Operating Environment 2.0
One of the announcements at HPE Discover in London 2016 was the next step of HPE into the HyperConverged world with the launch of the HyperConverged Operating Environment 2.0 (HCOE). Before we dive...
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How-to: update StoreVirtual 3200
With the release of the new StoreVirtual 3200 with its new OneView-like StoreVirtual Management Console SVMC means as well that the procedure to update the system changed compared to the previous CMC...
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HPE StoreVirtual 3200 becomes mature with new software update 13.5
HPE announced today the next version of its StoreVirtual OS version SVOS 13.5. Current version at release of the SV3200 was 13.0, with an update a little after the latest version now was 13.1....
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HPE strengthens its 3PAR portfolio with 15 (!!) major innovations
HPE announced today what they call itself their biggest storage announcement since the 3PAR 7000 platform release 4 years ago. They position all the updates and innovations under 4 pillars which...
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