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Evergrid -- High Performance Computing in the Enterprise

Recently I had the opportunity to speak with representatives of Evergrid, a company that focuses on how to apply high performance/grid computing techniques in enterprise computing environments. Since I've spoken to many companies attempting to deploy open source tools, such as Beowulf or Grid Engine, in commercial data centers, I...

Tags: virtual processing software, Managing virtualized environments, high performance computing, clustering software

Blog posts 2007-06-06

Single system image clusters -- Where do they fit today?

In my post, Single system image clusters: an idea whose time has come and gone?, I asked the rhetorical question "Are single system image clusters an idea whose time has come and gone?" I must admit that I had a somewhat proprietary interest in the technology. At an early...

Tags: virtual processing software, clustering software

Blog posts 2007-05-03

Single System Image Clusters - An Idea Who's Time Has Come and Gone

At one time, applications were constructed as a monolithic mass of code that implemented all of the functions required to implement a complete solution including user interface if it faced users, application processing, data management and storage management. Some of the more sophisticated applications also included tools for application...

Tags: clustering software, virtual processing software, virtualization

Blog posts 2007-05-01

Clusters, clusters and more clusters

Even though there are several different technologies involved and several different types of requirements, it now appears that any mulit-machine configuration is called a cluster. Heres a quick summary of the different configurations that are now using the same IT jargon term "Cluster". Application layer clusters:...

Tags: clustering software

Blog posts 2007-04-30

Red Hat and Building the Open Source Virtualization Stack

Since my conversation with the good folks at Red Hat (see Discussion with Red Hat’s Joel Berman and Nick Carr - 1st take) Ive been thinking about the companys strategy and how that plays out in the real world. Red Hat presents the notion that a stack of open source...

Tags: virtualization, virtual storage software, virtual processing software, virtual machine software, virtual access software, Managing virtualized environments, high performance computing, clustering software

Blog posts 2007-04-26

Counter point to "Analysis: Can a Customer Be Too Small For Virtualization?"

Virtualization technology is just that, a technology. An organizations requirements and budget must be considered before a specific technology is selected. A technological choice that is perfect for the needs of one organization might just be the wrong choice for another. That being said, Small to Medium Businesses SMB...

Tags: virtual processing software, virtual machine software, virtualization, virtual storage software, virtual access software, clustering software

Blog posts 2007-04-25

DataSynapse and application virtualization

I was offered the opportunity to speak with Kelly Vizzini, CMO of DataSynapse, the other day. She introduced me to a new member of her staff, Shayne Higdon, VP of Marketing. Kelly and I have been part of panel discussions at several conferences on virtualization, grid computing and the like...

Tags: virtualization, virtual processing software, Managing virtualized environments, high performance computing, clustering software

Blog posts 2007-04-20

Cassatt - moving virtualization up a notch

Ive been following Cassatt for a number of years and have always thought that the company has taken a fresh, different view of the concept of virtualization in the implementation of its product "Collage". In an attempt to catch up with what the company is doing now, I spoke with...

Tags: virtualization, virtual processing software, virtual machine software, Managing virtualized environments, clustering software

Blog posts 2007-04-18

Fault Tolerant and Fail Over is There a Difference?

Fault tolerant FT solutions go beyond HA fail over solutions to present an environment that is never seen to fail not merely an environment that survives a failure. Some suppliers of FT technology call this "fail through" rather than fail over. I thought that was a well known concept...

Tags: virtualization, virtual storage software, virtual processing software, virtual machine software, virtual access software, remote access software, clustering software

Blog posts 2007-04-16

Conversations with Cassatt and Marathon, Thoughts on Novell and Red Hat

It appears that this Blog has caught the attention of many companies offering various products for both software and hardware virtualization. Cassatt and Marathon Technologies are among the companies that contacted me. Im going to speak with representatives of both companies over the coming days. Ill post my thoughts...

Tags: virtualization, virtual access software, Managing virtualized environments, clustering software

Blog posts 2007-04-13

Discussion with Red Hat's Joel Berman and Nick Carr - 1st take

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Red Hats Joel Berman, Product Management Director for Virtualization products, and Nick Carr, Director of Public and Analyst Relations. First of all, thanks guys for generously giving of your time to bring me back up to date on Red Hats views of...

Tags: virtual processing software, virtualization, virtual machine software, clustering software

Blog posts 2007-04-09

Linux cluster firms attract new funding

Linux cluster firms attract new fundingHow About A Microsoft Cluster?I'm sure that a group of 100 computers clustered together running Windows XP Professional or 2003 would be the pinnacle of the IT world and set a shining example for stability, reliability, and security.Then again, I'm high on crack right now...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Linux cluster company, clustering software, Linux cluster, hardware, Linux, Microsoft Does, Microsoft Corp., software, Hardware Performance

Discussion threads 2004-11-05

Additional Resources

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...

Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

R for Mac OS X 2.10.0 (Mac)

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be considered as a different implementation of...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Language, Graphics, R, S Language, R. R, Team Management, UNIX, Apple Mac OS X, Open Source, Operating Systems, Management, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Survey: After Sidekick Failure Would You Buy Cloud Services?

NoNo I would not buy from them again, I don't need a scare of all my info being deleted.http://gizmoelectronics.blogspot.com/http://www.stophighcosts.comI will never trust the cloud.I will use the cloud but not if it means I have to forgo a local copy and not if the data is private. I like Office...

Tags: Marketing research, mushroom cloud, SideKick, Buy Cloud Services, survey

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Ability Mail Server 2.70 (Windows)

Ability Mail Server is an advanced, secure, and high performing mail server. With support for all standard mail protocols, including SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, LDAP, and WebMail, the software can meet the needs of almost any business or home user. Ability Mail Server is fully scalable with support for unlimited users...

Tags: Server, Microsoft Windows, Code-Crafters, E-mail Server, E-mail Servers, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-24

Doing the VMworld Dance Summary

I found VMworld to be an excellent opportunity to meet executives of both VMware and its partners. I'm hoping to stay in touch with these companies so that I can help you stay up to date as well. Here are a few general observations about what I...

Tags: VMware Inc., IT Decision Maker, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Waking up to the full extent of virtualization options

While doing my morning expedition through the wilds of news sites, blogs and, of course, comic strip sites, I came across something by Laura McCabe, a partner at Hurwitz and Associates, titled "What is Virtualization, and Why Should You Care?" While Laura's comments are useful, she didn't try to present...

Tags: Software Technology, Environment, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-18

Will all the good open source companies be acquired?

Another one bites the dust. Add SpringSource to the expanding list of independent open source companies that have been gobbled up by proprietary software giants. Let's consider the growing list: IBM's purchase of Gluecode, Novell's purchase of SUSE, Citrix's XenSource deal, Nokia's Trolltech buy,...

Tags: VMware Inc., SpringSource, OpenBravo, Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Starwind Enterprise Server 4.2 (Windows)

StarWind Enterprise Server is an advanced, reliable and powerful iSCSI SAN software that converts any standard 64-bit or 32-bit Windows Server into a scalable SAN that works over the existing Ethernet network. StarWind Enterprise Server includes all enterprise-class features not offered in StarWind Server: Mirroring & Replication: synchronous & asynchronous...

Tags: Mirroring, Server Cluster, Starwind Software, StarWind Enterprise Server, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-22