On or after this date, the HPE DL360 Gen 9 Server will no longer be supported by HPE. It is recommeded to check your HPE support portal for any firmware upgrades that may be pending.
End of life is only a withdrawal from sales and marketing. The Proliant Gen 9 have been withdrawn from sales (EOL) since 2018. The support typically extends for 5 years past the end ...
Continue Reading →There are 3 metrics that play into the performance of your storage system: IOPS (input output per second) Throughput, and latency. How these 3 factors work together synergistically will determine how well your system performs. In this post, we will define all 3 individually, and then look and look at how they work together to create performance or non-performance.
IOPS is the standard unit of measurement for the maximum number of reads and writes a ...
Continue Reading →Every server and storage product sold by Dell has 2 unique identifiers: a serial number and a service tag number.
In most cases, the service tag is located on the front of the server or storage system. It is a small tag that tucks cleanly into the face of the system, and needs to be pulled out to display the service tag, the express service code, the date of manufacture, and a QR code (on more recent models) ...
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After this date, DellEMC will no longer render maintenance or service on Isilon 410 models.
It is recommended to check your EMC support portal for any outstanding firmware upgrades as soon as possible!
Products affected:
End of life is only a withdrawal from sales and marketing. Isilon X410, NL410, and S210 have been withdrawn from ...
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So you’ve decided that you need a server for your small business. Now you need to figure out how to configure the server. There are many important factors to consider when building your server, as there is not a 1 size fits all solution. When our customers ask us what server configuration they need, our response is usually mixture of the questions below. IT distributors aren’t familiar with your environment, and it is difficult to recommend ...
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Pure Storage systems can be a burden to administrate at times. If you don’t have the commands in a spot where you can easily access them, well, good luck. It can take a while to look up these up.
To help our wonderful PURE support clients, we have compiled a short list of commonly used show commands for PURE Storage systems, which will mostly display detailed information about your system and its status. If there are any we ...
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EMC has announced they will no longer be servicing the VNX Gen 2 storage systems after January 30th 2023. After this date, EMC will no longer provide parts or service for the VNX models listed below.
VNX 1st Gen systems (3150, 5100, 5300, 5700, 7500) were announced end-of-service-life in 2019.
| EMC VNX Model | EOSL Date |
| VNXe1600 | 1/30/2023 |
| VNX23200 | 1/30/2023 |
| VNX5200 | 1/30/2023 |
| VNX5400 | 1/30/2023 |
| VNX5600 | 1/30/2023 |
| VNX5800 | 1/30/2023 |
| VNX7600 | 1/30/2023 |
Can you still use your VNX 5000 series storage even though it is End of Service? Absolutely!
It’s a common but ...
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Hitachi Vantara (recently rebranded from Hitachi Data Storage) is an industry leader in data storage solutions. When the factory warranty expires, you are left with 2 options:
Many maintenance organizations will write SLAs on storage systems they know absolutely nothing about. They are gambling that they will be able to find the ...
After EOSL date, DellEMC will no longer service the corresponding server.
This list will be updated as more models are announced end-of-service.
SPECTRA offers flexible end-of-service support solutions for your Dell Server that fits all budgets!
| MFR | Family | Model | EOSL DATE |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R940 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R840 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R740 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R640 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R540 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R440 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R340 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R240 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R930 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R830 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R730 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R630 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R530 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R430 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R330 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R230 | TBD |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R920 | May 2019 |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R820 | May 2019 |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R720 | May 2019 |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R620 | May 2019 |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R520 | May 2019 |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R910 | May 2019 |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R810 | May 2019 |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R710 | May 2019 |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R610 | May 2019 |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R510 | May 2019 |
| Dell | PowerEdge | R410 | May 2019 |
Good maintenance practices are a must if you want maximize your DELLEMC Isilon’s uptime. There are other benefits to routine maintenance besides the obvious benefit of uptime: it can offer performance advantages.
In this post, we are giving you some simple steps to help maintain the integrity and speed of your EMC Isilon clusters.