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...
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vSphere 5—PXE Installation Using vCenter Virtual Appliance
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...
NetApp Deduplication An In-depth Look
There has been a lot of discussion lately about the NetApp deduplication technology, especially on twitter. We had a lot of misinformation and FUD flying around, so I thought that a blog entry that takes a close look at the...
Trust. It is an interesting thing in Active Directory.
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...
Micron Bursts Into the PCIe SSD Market
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...
EMC FAST and NetApp FlashCache a Comparison
This article is intended to provide the reader with an introduction to two technologies, EMC FAST and NetApp FlashCache. Both of these technologies are intended to improve the performance of storage arrays, while also helping to...
VMware vCenter Operations—Standard Edition
When VMware acquired Integrien in August 2010, there were some questions as to what that acquisition was going to lead to in the future. With the release of vCenter Operations suite of programs, that question is answered.
Getting your feet wet in IT
I learned recently that everybody starts somewhere and helping those interested in starting somewhere seems to me to be something those of us who’ve been doing this for a while should be a little more than interested in.
Flash Storage and Automated Storage Tiering
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...
I/O Virtualization Redux (c/o Virtensys)
However, I believe I have found a great use case for I/O virtualization thanks to a presentation from Virtensys during the most recent Portland VMUG meeting.