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Blog
1-800-SVC-4EMC: Dell/EMC Vplex for IBM Guys
Brett Allison - 5 September 2019 A few years ago, I was at a prospect’s site that had (Dell) EMC Vplex and I saw on their cubicle wall a hand-written note with the number for Vplex support help: 1-800-SVC-4EMC. At the time EMC was apparently trying to compete with IBM’s…
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Factors That Affect NetApp Performance: NetApp Performance Management 102
Tim Chilton - 5 September 2019 In part one of this two-part series, “NetApp Performance Management 101: Key Metrics and Baseline Performance”, we explored the key metrics one should consider when measuring NetApp performance and provided some rules of thumb what constitutes good performance numbers. This blog will go a…
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Blog
Understand IBM zERT (z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology) and Tracking Mainframe Network Traffic
Dr. Gilbert Houtekamer - 5 September 2019 How to track your mainframe network traffic with IBM’s zERT As the mainframe assumes its role as the data hub in your network, it is important to make sure that the mainframe asset, security, is well protected. Enter IBM zERT. With the z14,…
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News
Near Real-Time processing of RMF and SMF data sources released in 8.14.2 of IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS
5 September 2019 IntelliMagic, innovator in intelligent IT Operations Analytics (ITOA) software, today expanded its world-class performance and availability solution, IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS, to support near real-time processing and loading of SMF and RMF data. With IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS, companies have end-to-end z/OS infrastructure visibility to prevent service…
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Key VMware Storage Metrics to Understand for Optimal VM Performance
Tim Chilton - 5 September 2019 Every storage engineer is familiar with the situation. It’s one of your company’s peak periods, and it is critical that your production applications run smoothly. You get a phone call or an email stating that there is a critical virtual machine or datastore that…
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z/OS Performance Monitors – Why Real-Time is Too Late
Morgan Oats - 5 September 2019 Real-time z/OS performance monitors are often advertised as the top tier of performance management. Real-time monitoring means just that: system and storage administrators can view performance data and/or alerts indicating service disruptions continuously as they happen. In theory, this enables administrators to quickly fix…
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Best Practices for Managing your SAN Performance (Part 3: Planning)
Brett Allison - 5 September 2019 Would you like to be able to see into the future? In the 2002 movie, Minority Report, a group of mutant psychic children could see visions of future murders. Tom Cruise plays a police officer that is part of a division that arrests people…
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Blog
Compressing Wisely with IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Brett Allison - 5 September 2019 This blog was originally published on January 23, 2017. Compression of data in IBM Spectrum Virtualize environment may be a good way to gain back capacity, but there can be hidden performance problems if compressible workloads are not first identified. Visualizing these workloads is…
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Blog
A Single View: Multi-Vendor SAN Infrastructure Part 1
Brett Allison - 5 September 2019 One of the benefits of a SAN system is the fact that it is an open system. Obviously. It’s always ready to communicate with other systems, and you can add storage and infrastructure from many different vendors as it suits your business and performance…
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Webinar
Everything You Need to Know About Outsourcing Mainframe Operations
Get Notified of Webinars Performance and Capacity Insights for your Outsourced z/OS Mainframe Outsourcing of z/OS mainframes is not uncommon, and many businesses consider it a cost-saving alternative to hosting mainframe operations in-house. While results will vary per-site, before outsourcing the mainframe operations, careful consideration must be made to…