The great battle of enterprise storage is on! 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 … [Read more...]
Podcast 10: Xsigo Discussion at VMworld
November 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Xsigo sponsored our "Get Away to VMworld" contest, and a number of us decided to attend the announcement there of their latest Ethernet-based virtual I/O device. After the event, we circled the chairs and spoke with Camden Ford, the same Xsigo engineer that wowed the Tech Field Day 1 and Net Field … [Read more...]
VMworld 2010: A Trip to Remember
October 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Editor's Note: This guest post was written by Greg W. Stuart, winner of the Boche.net/Gestalt IT VMworld trip contest Finally Attending a Computer/Technology Event I have to confess something right off the bat; I’ve never actually been to a computer/technology conference in the 10 years that … [Read more...]
Show 19 – Worlds Collide – VMware and Networking
September 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
What You’ll Hear The show was a little late this week, because as our friend @ioshints put it, we had a “cloud ladder failure” on Sunday: Greg’s broadband was out. But when we finally gathered ’round the great big conference room in the sky, we did it up right. Dan was coming in loud … [Read more...]
Whats new in vSphere 4.1 Storage: SIOC, VAAI, and DRS
September 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
So I haven’t done a lot of real time blogging at VMworld this year as I’ve been busy trying to see and soak up as much as possible. It’s not every day that you get access to the likes of Chad Sakacc (VP EMC / VMware alliance) Scott Drummond (EMC – ex VMware performance team) and a whole … [Read more...]
Announcing the Winners of our Get Away to VMworld Contest!
August 13, 2010 by 3 Comments
When we announced our "Get Away to VMworld" contest, we knew it would be popular. But we had no idea that it would spark interest from so many people! We are overwhelmed by the response, with more than 70 entries, and by the support from our friends at Symantec, Xsigo, Zetta, and Veeam. It has … [Read more...]
A VMware Hypervisor For Networkers?
August 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
As my friend Stu Miniman pointed out, a recent VMware video suggests the company is about to jump into networking in a big way. Dubbed "vFabric," This new offering would be a generic hypervisor for virtual network devices, from load balancers to security appliances, and would presumably be … [Read more...]
“Get Away to VMworld” Contest: Enhanced and Extended!
August 10, 2010 by 6 Comments
Last week we announced the Gestalt IT “Get Away to VMworld” Contest and have been overwhelmed by the response. We've had blog posts, tweets, comments, and (most importantly) three dozen entries in the contest so far. But one thing was getting us down: The entries were excellent but we could … [Read more...]
Announcing the Gestalt IT “Get Away to VMworld” Contest!
August 4, 2010 by 13 Comments
Storage virtualization has become a central component of the modern data center, and the annual VMworld gathering in San Francisco has become the central event for virtualization-related companies. Although focused on VMware, the conference draws many companies. And the labs and sessions are really … [Read more...]
Donate Your Swag to School Kids In Need
August 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Donate your conference backpacks to school kids in need! Trade shows are a veritable swag-fest, some with great loot and some with junk. I’ve been critical of the booth babe and chotchkie phenomenon, but my friend Kevin Houston has a better suggestion: Donate your (useful) swag like backpacks … [Read more...]