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- The hardware. For example, in a virtual machine environment, a "bare metal" virtual machine monitor, correctly called a "hypervisor," directly controls the hardware without using device drivers from another...
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- In a world of virtualization, should Windows host Linux or should Linux host Windows?
- This is actually a question that I was giving a lot of thought to while recovering from back surgery? Why? As you may know, I'm an insanely huge proponent of using virtual machine technology like VMWare's VMWare Workstation 5.5 on desktop and notebook computers. I've covered the reasons why,...
- Blog posts 2006-04-03
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- The Big Question podcast: Will News Corp. really pull its content from Google?
- Bare-Metal replacement with a new visionI have to say, Google is on the cutting edge and this will sell because companies can have cloud-a, cloud-b, and cloud-c ect...No different than Networks today, it is no different than Vlans.Google has the BEST developers and Open_Source resources that will prove again a...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Does virtualization equal cloud computing?
- I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Yes, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 will run on Linux
- This solidifies my decisionI currently have a cluster of a dozen RHEL 5.3 Cluster Suite servers. They have been a nightmare to use, maintain, and keep working right. Red Hat's clustering software is horrendously buggy. I never have gotten virtualization to work properly with the whole mess.After...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Seven great (and free!) applications for Windows 7
- You added Windows 7 to the title for page hits...Any tech enthusiast worth their salt has long known about all these apps. Nah ... ... for page hits I'd have added XP ... bigger user base ... User base yes but Windows 7is what everyone is interested in reading...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- ZConverter Windows Backup Lite 3.0.1 (Windows)
- ZConverter is backup and recovery software for Windows Operating Systems like Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. It provides easy-to-use Windows live system backup. It helps you to recover your Windows Operating Systems and data easily and free. Features are One-click Windows Image Backup, Live OS/APP/DATA Full Backup, and...
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Onkyo SKS-HT870
- Onkyo is known for having speaker expertise, even though it's not primarily a speaker company. That's because of Onkyo's success selling home-theater-in-a-box systems HTIBs, which combine a speaker system and an AV receiver in a single box, taking some of the confusion out of putting together your own system. The...
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- Onkyo HT-S7200
- Photo gallery:Onkyo HT-S7200"True" home theater fans may look down on home-theater-in-a-box systems, but sometimes that elitist attitude is unwarranted. The Onkyo HT-S7200 may technically be an HTIB, but that's just because it comes in a giant box; the system is composed of two separate components, the SKS-HT870 7.1 speaker package...
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
- One second: The time it takes to wipe three years of work
- Not all that worriedWith the cost of drives these days, and with Raid cards or raid capable Motherboards at such cheap prices these days, I've setup mine with a RAID 1 mirror.Plus an automated weekly backup.I spend alot of time and money on my music (just sitting there ripping my...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast Marsupial
- I'm having issues with VirtualBox . . .I'm having issues with VirtualBox: Even though it worked before, lately it's claiming that "VT-X/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not operational" and not allowing me to run 64 bit Ubuntu :(.RE: Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast MarsupialI had some...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Oppo BDP-83
- Photo gallery:Oppo BDP-83Ever since standalone Blu-ray players hit the market, there's been a great deal of anticipation for an Oppo Blu-ray player, mainly because of the company's reputation for making excellent upconverting DVD players. Oppo held out for quite some time, and in retrospect it was a smart move; almost...
- Product reviews 2009-09-02
- ShadowProtect Desktop Edition 3.4 (Windows)
- StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop Edition creates an automatic online backup of your entire system including the operating system, applications, personal settings and data. Complete disaster recovery of your PC or laptop in minutes. ShadowProtect provides a simple view to restore or update files and folders to your existing backup images. Automatically...
- Software downloads 2009-08-30
- Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2
- cool.......:)ntAnd why Jason would anyone in their right mind want to do this?ntFor the same reasons...You'd do it in VMWare. The difference is that this solution is free. You want live migration or anything else VMWare does you'll have to pay for it. Hyper-V is an excellent hypervisor.Would you run...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-09
- Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2
- It's been a while since we've had a hardcore Geek Sheet installment, and I promise that this one will be a real winner. Some of you may be aware that the updated Hyper-V bare-metal hypervisor virtualization layer in Microsoft's upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 (Which is due...
- Blog posts 2009-08-09
- Using the Latest in Hypervisor Technology to More Effectively Manage Desktops
- bare-metal PC hypervisor in order to provide management capabilities that would not otherwise be available in a desktop management platform. The paper considers the value proposition of Virtual Computer's product, the company's business model, and the dynamics of the market in which Virtual Computer competes.
- White papers 2009-08-01
- TechNet Webcast: Windows 7 Planning and Deployment Tools (Level 300)
- The attendee of this webcast will discover the tools that can help to customize Windows 7 operating system packages and automate Windows 7 deployment planning and network deployments seamlessly. The presenter of this webcast will explore using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning MAP Toolkit to automate the hardware and software...
- Webcasts 2009-07-22
- Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?
- Microsoft's decison to release 20,000 lines of device driver code under GPLv2 is viewed as a big deal but not that surprising given the context. After all, the only technology Microsoft fears more than Linux is VMware's bare-metal virtualization platform. The release of the three device drivers...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Windows 7, netbook support in the works for Windows Home Server
- Windows 7, netbook support in the works for Windows Home ServerWin 7 Support?I've been running Win 7 for months and using it with my Windows Home Server without issue. It backs up files and I was able to use the WHS to restore a file that I accidentally overwrote...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-17
- Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server 10.0.10287 (Windows)
- Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Windows is the next generation of the Acronis True Image disaster recovery product, designed to back up and protect stand-alone Windows Servers. With A Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Windows, the operating system, applications and all data can be recovered in...
- Software downloads 2009-07-15
- Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Workstation 10.0.10287 (Windows)
- Based on Acronis' patented disk imaging and bare metal restore technologies, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced is the next generation of the Acronis True Image disaster recovery family for physical and virtual environments. It simplifies and automates backup and restore processes across Windows and Linux environments, and remotely monitors...
- Software downloads 2009-07-15
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