Talk:EMC Symmetrix

Early comments

I think something should be noted that while the DMX-3 can have up to 512 GB of cache, all cache in DMX-3 is mirrored, so the effective cache size is only 256 GB. Tster123 21:21, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

The Acronym DRV is used without being explained. Looking for this acronym I found a reference to Dynamic Reallocation Volume. This is not covered in the article.

DMX 4

DMX 4 is release. With 4 GB of Back end bus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.73.14.62 (talk) 04:51, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

It would be useful to me if we included the date when a particular device was announced, and also the date when it was (or will be) removed from support. How do others feel about collecting and maintaining such data? Bstark 15301 (talk) 16:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

• • The WWN Converter you point to will not work properly for newer generations of Symmetrix arrays. The information provided may or may not be accurate ** —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.96.180.245 (talk) 20:05, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Possible inaccuracy in the statement regarding VMAX online upgrades

Disclosure - Submitted by an Employee of NetApp who is a competitor of EMC.

I have been told that additions of new engines requires a power down of the whole VMAX array. This was based on personal communication from an ex EMC employee. While this doesn't have publicly verifiable information, neither does the assertion "Online system upgrades are achieved by adding single or multiple VMAX Engines...".

I would suggest that the word "Online" be struck from the sentence

On a secondary note, It would appear that many of the assertions on this page are not backed by externally verifiable references.

Martinjoz (talk) 00:59, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Sourcing

Indeed, to echo above, it seems with this change an anonymous user gave all different values for "production years". I would guess these should be ranges anyway, since products are usually produced for more than one. Since this was never sourced, perhaps they should just be removed? W Nowicki (talk) 23:24, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

References

Many of the PDFs cited are forbidden. 216.63.187.66 (talk) 14:34, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

That may just mean "not at that URL any more" or "not at any URL on this site any more". Errors other than "Forbidden" may also be reported in those cases.

In those cases, that's a job for archiving sites such as the Wayback Machine; at least one such reference has been changed to use the Wayback Machine's copy.

That may also apply to links in EMC Symmetrix § External links, which are not references. Guy Harris (talk) 20:48, 10 March 2024 (UTC)