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by  Travers Nicholas on  Monday, 12th of July 2010 at 03:09:23 AM 15 EMEA based vSpecialists, too much caffeine, the smell of last night’s pizza, and a seemingly impossible list of tasks to accomplish – that was Geek Week Q2 2010.
As a vSpecialist at EMC, we attend a lab construction week as part of the on-boarding and initiation ritual. The instructions are simple: take this list of applications and infrastructure configurations, and work as a team to install and configure them all with the kit we provide to you before the week ends. There are multiple objectives for Geek Week, the main ones being; get the team working together, learn about integrating EMC, VMware, and Cisco technologies, and develop a good understanding of technologies that are not yet released, so we are best able to support our customers at product launch time. Continue reading Geek week : How to build an empire in 6 days
by nick on Saturday, 5th of June 2010 at 08:25:19 PM  Even though EMCWorld has been over for a few weeks I still wanted I get this post out telling my experience. I have been so busy that I just now got this finished.
I have not had a very long career. In fact compared to most of the guys on the team I belong to, I am the newborn calf quivering on shaky legs. But, I can say that I have had a pretty exciting one so far. I have never been short on challenges and deadlines. And I have always been surrounded by incredibly skilled people (especially now). That said, without a doubt, EMCWorld 2010 was the pinnacle of my career so far.
I really do not know how to recap everything. In some parts I am going to feel like I am bragging (which I hate to do). In others, that I am taking credit for [...]
Continue reading EMCWorld 2010 : A Week to Remember
by nick on Wednesday, 19th of May 2010 at 09:12:08 AM What is better than UBER?
UBER version 2.
It has only been 19 days since the original release of the Celerra VSA UBER edition for the masses. The response has been overwhelming and encouraging. And out of that appreciation I am excited to present the Celerra VSA UBER V2 (version 2). It has a host of new features and now features the combined input of the vSpecialist team to put the shine on it.
If you are not familiar with the original feature list with the first UBER version, then go here first.
Here are the new features and enhancements in UBER Version 2:
Even shorter initial setup Better network configuration. Removal of old style Control Center config from original VSA (Thanks to Eric Hollis & Kevin Z for help) Besser UBER : Celerra VSA UBER v2
by nick on Saturday, 1st of May 2010 at 10:46:51 AM  **** Go here for new version of UBER VSA ****
Have you tried the EMC Celerra VSA before? If so, then forget everything you experienced. If not, then welcome and let me introduce you to easiest way to test enterprise-level features with NAS and virtualization.
I won’t go through the history or the advantages of the Celerra VSA because Chad Sakac does a much better job here, and here.
I am a greenhorn at the EMC vSpecialist team. I have just barely three notches on my belt (if notches represent months). So everything is new to me. I am constantly bothering my direct manager with questions like: “Why do we do that?” or “How did this come about?”. This is because I am looking at everything and trying to understand the why behind it all. And this is part [...]
Continue reading Celerra VSA – UBER : Smaller, Faster, Easier, Geekier
by nick on Saturday, 20th of March 2010 at 10:20:25 AM  Yesterday I officially passed my first EMC certification test. I am now a full fledged EMCPA! So I know, this isn’t the highest-level and I am not going to impress the ladies down at the civic center. But, this is the first *storage* certificate for me and I am happier than a tornado in a trailer park.
I am working towards the Technical Architect track and so this test (E20-001) was the first step. I went through the Web Classroom training which was good. But the real secret is studying the ISM book (Amazon link).
I really enjoyed the material on fibre-channel protocol and the in-depth work calculating IOPs/capacity. I ended up making a huge Excel spreadsheet so I could play with the formulas.
The test was challenging. Some of the questions were not in the book or Web [...]
Continue reading EMC Certification : My Experience
by nick on Friday, 5th of February 2010 at 08:30:29 AM  This post is a big deal for me personally. It is the first public acknowledgment of a major change in my life. This blog post will be about me announcing this change; but it will also be about why I am doing it and what lessons I feel can be learned. [...]
Continue reading Change is good : Fear & Atmosphere
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