Dell/EMC PowerStore + OCI?

[ostiguy]

We are looking into building a data source for OCI to support Dell/EMC's new midrange, PowerStore platform

We are looking to chat with any OCI users interested in seeing this support - do you have PowerStore in a lab or on the floor, what models + protocols will you be using,  are you deploying single versus multi appliance clusters, etc.

If this is interesting to you, email me at ostiguy at netapp dot com

[ostiguy]

We have beta inventory + performance support available for Dell/EMC PowerStore.

If you are an OCI user interested and are on OCI 7.3.1+ , get Service Pack 9 deployed and drop me a note if you would like access to a patch that adds PowerStore support.

[prcpa8w3p]

@ostiguy - not so much PowerStore rather PowerScale (based on EMC Isilon.) CI currently has a data collector for Isilon. How is this data collector  potentially be different from a new PowerScale one?

[ostiguy]

What is the definition of "PowerScale"? Any array running OneFS 9.0.0+?

I don't think Dell/EMC has done a great job explaining what makes a PowerScale a PowerScale ->

https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/storage/powerscale.htm#scroll=off

8/10 nodes listed there have "Isilon" in their names, only 2 have "PowerScale".

If PowerScale is simply 9.0.0+ firmware, then I would try our existing Isilon collector against it. 

[prcpa8w3p]

@ostiguy - yes, any array running OneFS 9.0.0+. Thanks will use the existing Isilon collector.