Doesn't HP 3PAR already support VVOLs? Answer - yes.
VVOL has been supported on 3PAR for quite some time. EMC, once again, is lagging behind - and they "own" VMware. Hmmm?
Behold the storage sun king – VMware is the center of a storage solar system with planets and asteroids orbiting around it in belts: the EVO, VSAN, and VVOL orbital zones. Fresh activity has been detected by telescopes on planet Register using its snark-o-scope. In the VSAN zone we find Nexenta doing a deal with VMware whereby …
If VMware were a black hole .. here are the storage monkeys drifting silently towards the singularity of eternal lock in:
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