Is anyone here using the IBM XIV storage array? Anything you would like to share of your experience so far? We're evaluating an HP EVA along with the XIV which is very different (using commodity hardware, SATA drives, Linux appliance-like 'modules etc).
All the best,
JFA
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disclosure: I'm certified on the XIV and use it in-house as well as selling it to clients. No, I don't work for IBM
We've found great success so far with the XIV. Traditional RAID is dying or becoming obsolete. Now, the only time that I'd recommend a traditional RAID-based storage subsystem when it's very small or for a specific application with well-defined I/O requirements that needs specific performance on individual LUNs rather than a balanced load across the system.
It's a great system that excels at workloads that are thrown at it. The more the better.