This is just the sort of cool technical tip that saves your bacon when it's lodged somewhere in your mind: What happens when the VMware ESXi RAMdisk gets full? Here's Tom Howarth's account... After upgrading to ESXi 5 we saw several instances of host instability as the Ramdisk ram out of space, … [Read more...]
ESXi 5 on an Apple Mac Mini
June 8, 2012 by 1 Comment
Awesome! VMware ESXi 5 on a Mac Mini Server! Here's Christopher Wells on how his install and upgrade process went. I can report that the Minis are working quite well and were successful at performing a "burn in" over the weekend. via vsamurai.com … [Read more...]
BigData. So what?
June 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Rodos faces the reality of big data and machine intelligence and comes away with a solid "meh". Not an indictment, but not an endorsement either. More like a little comfort. We have all been hearing a lot about big data lately. If a vendor has little to say, or possibly said everything they … [Read more...]
Putting an ONF Conspiracy Theory to Rest
June 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Brad Casemore doesn't buy the conspiracy theory that says the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is a vehicle for a vendor (read Cisco) coup. Here's why. So, we have the ONF, and it’s unlike the IETF and the IEEE in more ways than one. While not a standards body … [Read more...]
Cyclomatic Complexity of OpenFlow-Based SDN May Drive Market Innovation
June 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Lori MacVittie dives into the difficulty of enabling SDN/OpenFlow controllers. It's really worth a read! In other words, the gut instincts of network operators is right: code controlling core routing and switching – which will be necessarily high in cyclomatic complexity by nature of what it … [Read more...]
MSSQL must really love Oracle (pun intended)
June 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
I don't really agree with Hans' "positive" lightning comment, unless you call it positive when you discover that Microsoft licensing is just as bad as VMware... But here you go! A great discussion of SQL Server licensing changes and the new SQL tax! You remember everyone ranting on the Oracle … [Read more...]
UCS and VCS a great combination
June 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I'm not sure many Cisco UCS customers are really going to go out and buy Brocade VCS for converged networking, but they could. Here's "UCS Guru" Colin Lynch on the benefits of this combination. The ease and simplicity of setting up a Brocade VCS Fabric will no doubt be its main differentiator … [Read more...]