topic Re: Running VSA on MS Hyper-V platform ?? in StoreVirtual Storage

Running VSA on MS Hyper-V platform ??

Cray — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:03:24 GMT

Now, VSA is the format of VMware ESX vmdk. Ever anybody do a test to convert it to hyper-v format and run on Windows Server 2008?

Re: Running VSA on MS Hyper-V platform ??

teledata — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:54:58 GMT

There were some blog posts regarding a tech conference last month where HP revealed they were releasing the VSA for Hyper-V and Xen...

I didn't see it as an official announcement, or anyone officially quoted about it though...

Re: Running VSA on MS Hyper-V platform ??

Cray — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:04:28 GMT

Where to find the blog posts ?

Re: Running VSA on MS Hyper-V platform ??

teledata — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:31:48 GMT

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=2038

HP StorageWorks Tech Day is an invitation-only event for a select group of IT professionals... ...Among them are storage expert Steven Foskett, HP storage guru Calvin Zito, and virtualization expert Simon Seagrave...

Here are some of the takeaways that the panel has provided that I found interesting:

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HPâ s acquisition of LeftHand Networks offers a new segment, a virtual SAN appliance (VSA). We should even soon see a VSA offered for Xen and Hyper-V platforms.