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Uptempo cache can get paged out! (EDIT: After all, it does NOT).

I normally don’t do retractions unless proven wrong. So, ignore the text below and read Nick’s comment.

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WAN acceleration for remote workers

The deluge of WAN accelerators from Cisco, Riverbed, Juniper, Expand, Packeteer,Bluecoat, Silverpeak etc. etc. is proving good for datacenters. Not sure how many vendors will remain viable in a year or two, but the selection at the moment is decent.

FUD tales from the blogosphere: when vendors attack (and a wee bit on expanding and balancing RAID groups)

Haven’t blogged in a while, way too busy. Against my better judgment, I thought I’d respond to some comments I’ve seen on the blogosphere, adding one…

FUD and The Invention of Lying

I watched “The Invention of Lying” movie the other day. Fairly entertaining, and it had an interesting concept:

Imagine a society where nobody can lie — the very concept of lying is alien and never even enters anyone’s mind. Obviously, tons of jokes…

Should EMC move to more multi-functional devices?

Here’s the deal: EMC has a lot of cool stuff. Lots of it came through acquisitions. Lots of it runs on the x86 platform, believe it or not.

Are some flash storage vendors optimizing too heavily for short-lived NAND flash?

I really resisted using the “flash in the pan” phrase in the title… first, because the term is overused and second, because I don’t believe solid state is of limited value. On the contrary.

Should techies or business owners decide on technology (or both)?

It’s no secret that, in most companies, the technology folks are primarily the ones deciding on which new technologies to adopt – after all, they are the ones that understand the technology, right? Business owners…