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Brian, I've heard some AFA vendors compare themselves to the new VMAX platform... Apples-Apples or Apples-Oranges ?
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John Furrier
what is AFA
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Yogesh Agrawal
All Flash Array
Luis Bonilla
@furrier All Flash Array :-)
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Brian Gallagher
Guy, Apples-Oranges. VMAX is enterprise architecture, RAS, resiliency and best in class with the ability to hyperconsolidate mixed workload environment with multiple data services running. It's not just speeds & feeds.
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John Furrier
@BGallagher32 said below Apples to Oranges - i'd like more data on that
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Yogesh Agrawal
Most storage players (including AFA) focused on speeds/feeds. VMAX3 changes the game with a focus on apps/workloads.
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John Furrier
@BGallagher32 I agree but the competition throws that FUD on speeds and feeds. As @stevie_chambers points out in other thread; mixed workload of hybrid require certain tech/flexibility cross mgt etc..
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Yogesh Agrawal
VMAX3 has built-in analytics to understand mixed workloads and their resource needs in the system. Sounds too good to be true :)
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Guy Churchward
Yogesh - But thats not saying they don't have a place but they are simply not equal ?
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Yogesh Agrawal
AFA definitely has a place. Chad Sakac did a nice job at EMC World explaining various storage architectures and their place.
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Barry Burke
FUD from dual-controller AFAs that degrade performance under heavy load is hardly a threat. VMAX and XtremIO both offer better availability with consistent, predictable performance.
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Brian Gallagher
@EMCCorp is leading in Flash and our strategy is Flash Everywhere - from server to network to storage. XIO, DSSD, VMAX, VNX, Isilon - leaders in Flash and more to come...