@HPStorageGuy Calvin Zito is in the 3PARug house

[HPEStorageGuy]

Hey guys -

I saw your very vibrant discussion about HP 3PAR announcing hardware based deduplication. I saw my name thrown around a few times to which Richard replied:

Funny you say that, Calvin has been a member here for some time. He is a fan of the forums and directs people with tech questions to us here. I did meet with Calvin during discover, we trekked long distances on foot through some pretty seedy areas in search of $1 beer and oyster shooters. A great time was had.

Richard - I had a great time hanging out with you at Discover. I haven't dropped in to the 3PARug for some time. I left Las Vegas after HP Discover, re-packed my luggage and left on a one month trip to Europe.

I am always happy to help get questioned answered. My knowledge can only take things so far but I have access to very deep technical contacts and am always happy to help get your questions answered. That said, I'd like to say that I drop in here all the time but HP keeps me busy creating content for my blog so don't hesitate to contact me directly to let me know you have a question here. hpstorageguy at hp dot com is my email address.

I think most of the questions asked about deduplication have been answered - at least the ones I can talk about publicly. I worked really hard to get the 3PAR product management team to start blogging and they have been now for a few months. We have a weekly article from them I decided to call 3PAR Thursday and several of the more recent ones have gone deeper into 3PAR 7450 All-Flash Array so check them out!

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Welcome to the forums!

[3ParDude_1]

Welcome, does this mean you will be buying all of us a beer?

[Richard Siemers]

Hello Calvin,

Welcome to the public user group forums. I look forward to seeing some 3PAR Thursdays delight and entertain us. At being that it is work related content, we should be exempt from the scorn typically received from management when perusing you-tube and reddit.

[HPEStorageGuy]

Welcome, does this mean you will be buying all of us a beer?

I'm always up for a beer when we're in the same place at the same time!