The other day (Nov 16, 2011 to be exact), my fellow nerd and Tech Field Day delegate, Tom Hollingsworth crafted a great blog post on the new movement in IT, and business in general… Bring Your Own (Apple) Device to work. If you have not read the post yet… you gotta check it out.
ESXi 5.0–1.5 Hour Boot Time During Upgrade
December 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Are You a Hypervisor Hugger or a Storage Stalwart?
November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The time has come to take sides on the core question of storage for virtual servers: Do you want storage intelligence to live in the hypervisor or the array? Most administrators are already lining up on one side or the other, unintentionally casting their vote while the rest flounder. But the storage industry must wake up and embrace the divide.
vSphere 5–PXE Installation Using vCenter Virtual Appliance
September 27, 2011 By 2 Comments
With the release of VMware’s vSphere 5 product, the addition of the vCenter Virtual Appliance has been a welcome addition to management options. However, vCenter Virtual Appliance includes DHCP and TFTP functions that can be used for a PXE installation environment. Read on for instructions on using the vCenter Virtual Appliance as a PXE host for ESXi host installations!
NetApp Deduplication An In-depth Look
September 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Trust. It is an interesting thing in Active Directory.
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This week has been interesting, mainly in that I was reminded about the simple things in Active Directory and how much harder they become when you dont pay them enough attention. Replication is much like Ron Burgundy – kind of a big deal. If you do not pay enough attention to replication between domain controllers in Active Directory, bad things happen.
Micron Bursts Into the PCIe SSD Market
September 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PCIe SSDs like Micron’s new P320h offer mindbending performance and enterprise class reliability. Although expensive, these devices are in an entirely different league from any other storage option. Micron promises to bring the PCIe P320h to market at nearly $15 per gigabyte, a substantial discount over other PCIe SSD competitors.
EMC FAST and NetApp FlashCache a Comparison
September 21, 2011 By 3 Comments
VMware vCenter Operations–Standard Edition
September 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Flash Storage and Automated Storage Tiering
September 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In recent years, a move toward automated storage tiering has begun in the data center. This move has been inspired by the desire to continue to drive down the cost of storage, as well as the introduction of faster, but more expensive storage in the form of Flash memory in the storage array marketplace.