Summary: In todays podcast Nigel is joined again by Ray Lucchesi of Silverton Consulting to review Rays monthly Storage News Letter. The main focus of the show is NetApp's Data ONTAP 8.1.1, with a focus on what this brings for the much hyped but slow to mature Cluster Mode (c-mode). Other topics include - Dell Being a blogger vs being an analyst (Ray is both) Is Data ONTAP a dinosaur Have NetApp taken their eye off the ball while developing Cluster Mode Are NetApp behind the competition with regards to tiering and flash options Data ONTAP Edge Mode Infinite Volumes Immortal Clusters A quick update on SPECSFS2008 submissions Enjoy the show. The next show will be a deep dive in to HP Virtual Connect.
