Mar 08
Some Background This week at Virtualization Field Day 3 we visited the guys at CloudPhysics to hear all about their product. To introduce them, CloudPhysics is a Cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution designed to provide intelligent infrastructure analysis of Enterprise vSphere infrastructure platforms. They are also targeting Openstack and Hyper-V to provide heterogenous hypervisor support. They …
Mar 06
When it comes to customers considering Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployments, many will end up “bolting on” a VDI workload to existing storage that is servicing mixed workloads such as databases, file services etc. This is likely to be mid-range VNXe, FAS or other. When VDI is “added” to that mix it can result …
Feb 28
I was talking to a customer yesterday about a storage solution and we strayed into a discussion about the vSphere Web Client, and compatibility with this, that, and the other (VUM and SRM to be specific). While we were at it, the subject of Single Sign-on (SSO) on vSphere 5.1 arose again. SSO is a …
Feb 17
This post covers an area that is close to my heart, Fibre Channel, and Fibre Channel-based systems. The Monolith becomes the Mid-Range I’ve been working in this space for 13 years. Back in 2001 I installed a pair of EMC Clariion FC4700 arrays, a product of the (at that time) recent acquisition of Data General …
Feb 04
Openstack is a word on many people’s lips. The Project is just over three years old, but you can feel how it has already gained mindshare and convinced important companies and people to get behind it. It’s evident from the commitment Corporations like Red Hat, VMware and HP have shown to this Open Source Software …
Jan 30
Recap: In the last post I covered some of the reasons you might want to use a lab, as well as the basic options. If you haven’t seen it check it out HERE. Remember I’m recounting my experience and a certain level of general confusion, which I am trying to ensure you don’t replicate. We …
Jan 20
For a practical exam like VCAP-DCA you need lots and lots of practice … and for that you need a lab. Filtering through all the Information Before you build a lab you need to know the options available. You may need to spend over €1000. You can go way above this, but either way you …
Jan 18
Yesterday I received an invitation from @gestaltit to Virtualization Field Day 3, Hashtag #VFD3. The homepage to the event is here: http://techfieldday.com/event/vfd3/ I’m absolutely delighted as it’s a great opportunity not only to meet some great people in the industry, hear about some of the most exciting technology directly from the vendors involved, but also …
