3PAR's autonomic wide striping is a technology that is somewhat counter-intuitive and sometimes people have difficulty understanding how it works. So, I made this video, complete with stop-motion animation to help people visualize the differences between it and traditional array volume management.
The data-to-disk layout in 3PAR InServ arrays is determined by algorithm, as opposed to being manually configured as it is with most other arrays. This saves administrators many days of resource planning and saves companies from needing to spend money on professional services to perform a task that lends itself so well to computerized automation.
Don't you guys also have some sort of reclamation process to re-thin volumes if they "binge and purge"?
Posted by: Chris Fricke | May 20, 2009 at 03:28 PM
We have released reclamation that works with Symantec Storage Foundation and we are continuing to work on reclamation technology. Is that cagey enough?
Posted by: marc farley | May 20, 2009 at 04:06 PM