{"id":5142,"date":"2011-02-14T17:10:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T22:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/?p=5142"},"modified":"2022-12-30T15:55:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T20:55:50","slug":"emc-jumps-the-shark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/emc-jumps-the-shark\/","title":{"rendered":"EMC Jumps the Shark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0596235\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-110316\" title=\"EMC Jumps the Shark\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/fonz-jumps-the-shark-1.jpg?resize=87%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"EMC Jumps the Shark\" width=\"87\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/fonz-jumps-the-shark-1.jpg?resize=131%2C150&amp;ssl=1 131w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/fonz-jumps-the-shark-1.jpg?resize=65%2C75&amp;ssl=1 65w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/fonz-jumps-the-shark-1.jpg?w=315&amp;ssl=1 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 87px) 100vw, 87px\" \/><\/a>In a pure PR stunt <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMC<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/dell-emc-deal-2015-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMC<\/a>) has<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=jump%20the%20shark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> jumped<\/a> <a title=\"Fonzie Jumos the Shark\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/t4ZGKI8vpcg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the shark<\/a>. In a throwback to the 1970s, EMC has released a video of a \u201cRecord-Breaking\u201d storage announcement. Motorcycle daredevil (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aXVlEAovgsw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evel Knievel<\/a> wanna-be) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bubbablackwell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bubba Blackwell <\/a>attempts to jump his motorcycle over 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/wiki\/Petabyte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Petabytes<\/a> of storage in 40 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150405040044\/http:\/\/www.emc.com:80\/products\/family\/symmetrix-family.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMC Symmetrix storage units<\/a>. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Data Center Knowledge<\/a><\/em> made a couple of technical <a title=\"Data Center Knowledge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2011\/01\/21\/motorcyle-daredevil-jumps-40-emc-storage-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">observations<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepitchkc.com\/remebering-evel-knievels-prostitution-bust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-110320\" title=\"Evel Knievel on his Harley-Davidson\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/evel-knievel1-e1571695771320-150x128.jpg?resize=118%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Evel Knievel on his Harley-Davidson\" width=\"118\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/evel-knievel1-e1571695771320.jpg?resize=150%2C128&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/evel-knievel1-e1571695771320.jpg?resize=75%2C64&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/evel-knievel1-e1571695771320.jpg?w=588&amp;ssl=1 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/a>Parking lots typically don\u2019t make ideal environments for storage gear, especially in a warm climate like Miami.<\/li>\n<li>Few data centers possess the perimeter floor space required for a motorcycle daredevil to reach 75 mph.<\/li>\n<li>Many data centers lack the ceiling clearance necessary to accommodate a flying motorcycle. The risk of daredevil-duct work collisions would be high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So don\u2019t try this in your data center!<\/p>\n<p>Will Bubba make it? Click below to find out!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6EjJJ_Uy0yY?start=234\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Yeah I know I got sucked into the EMC marketing machine, but it&#8217;s cool.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rb48334\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ralph.bach.14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rbach48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>. Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throwback to the 70&#8217;s EMC has a video of motorcycle daredevil Bubba Blackwell&#8217;s attempt to jump over 8 PB of EMC Symmetrix storage in a product announcement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[3045,3367,216,322,323,3368,22,3272,2722,2418,1976],"class_list":["post-5142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","tag-3045","tag-bubba-blackwell","tag-dell","tag-emc","tag-evel-knievel","tag-fonzi","tag-hardware","tag-motorcycle","tag-petabyte","tag-shark","tag-storage"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5142"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128682,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5142\/revisions\/128682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}