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VMFS-3, How Do I Despise Thee

Sounds bad... How about Red Hat's new stuff?A nasty experience... Have a glass of fine cognac to recover. No ice (the horror!), no mixing barbaric, at the perfect temperature of 18 degrees Celsius. Cheers. :-)How about Red Hat's new virtualization stuff in RHEL 5.4? Is that a better alternative?http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=1234Salut, Pjotr.RE:...

Tags: Virtualization, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, UNIX, Operating systems, KVM, VMFS-3, vSphere, VMware Inc., RHEL 5.4, Red Hat Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

VMware wants to be your network operating system of choice

Whenever a company changes the name of their major product you often have to wonder what level of change they are trying to signal. In the case of VMware which changed ESX to vSphere yesterday, the signal is one of intent. They could have called it vWorldDomination but that might...

Tags: Fault-tolerance, Data Center, Network, Operating System, Network Operating System, VMware Inc., vSphere, VM, Fault-tolerance Feature, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Additional Resources

Planning for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Using CA Recovery Management Solutions and VMware vSphere Cloud Operating Systems for High Availability

Today, IT organizations face significant growth of mission-critical business processes and services, fueling two parallel trends. One is the increase in the deployment of new applications and the IT infrastructure required to support them, in ways that are economical, flexible, fast and well managed. The other is an increase in...

Tags: Recovery Management Corp., Operating System, CA XOSoft, High Availability, VMware Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, It Services, Data Management

White papers 2009-11-17

UK Santas getting gadget training before the holidays

Shopping List for regular readersExcellent idea training: then you can select with confidence from ZDNET bloggers' recommended XMAS gifts:1. Ed Bott: Windows Secrets by Paul Thurrott. You might get a signature on that because Ed is on a world tour fixing Vista PC's one at a time. Oh, you wanted...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, RAID, PRODUCTIVITY, Memory, UK Santas, gadget training, Xmas Gift, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V4]

View Available Dates and LocationsThis advanced, lab-intensive course focuses on providing system administrators with the advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully troubleshoot the VMware® vSphere™ virtual infrastructure. In this course, you will spend most of the time diagnosing and rectifying configuration problems created on VMware ESX™/ESXi hosts and VMware...

Tags: VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware

Training 2009-11-01

Better together: Engineering Collaboration at the Heart of Breakthrough Capability with VMware software and Intel hardware

Intel has a well established rhythm of technology innovation - and a lot of really smart architects who know a thing or two about cpu design - but we get innovative ideas from the outside, too. Over the years of the VMware alliance, Intel has received many requests for small...

Tags: Software, Collaboration, VMware Inc., CPU, Intel Hardware, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2009-10-01

Accelerating Deployment and Simplifying Network Management With the Cisco Nexus 1000V

The presenter of this webcast introduces Cisco's virtual switch for VMware vSphere, the Cisco Nexus 1000V. With Nexus 1000V, Server admins continue to use VMware vCenter Server to provision virtual machines in the same way as they have done before. The Nexus 1000V overcomes networking hurdles to virtualization and accelerates...

Tags: Network, VMware Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Network Management, Nexus 1000V, Virtualization, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-09-29

VMware vSphere 4 QuickStart Series Part 2: Managing Virtual Machines

The attendee of this webcast will learn installing and configuring VMware vCenter Server and the backend database connection. The attendee will also learn controlling user access to VMware vSphere. The presenter will show how to create and manage virtual machines, including the usage of templates, snapshots and thin provisioning for...

Tags: VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-09-28

Neverfail launches vAppHA for VMware vSphere 4

Neverfail is one of a number of product suppliers addressing availability and disaster recovery requirements of applications. This time, Neverfail is offering a product, Neverfail vAppHA, to enhance VMware vSphere environments. by Dan Kusnetzky

Tags: VMware Inc., Neverfail, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Data Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-09-18

vDCR Backup for VMWare 2.1 (Windows)

vDCR Backup & Restore is the only and the first in the World backup product that offers full support for the new VMware vSphere functionality and takes full advantage of the VMware vStorage API. vDCR Backup is ideal for enterprises of all sizes such as Governments, Banks, Manufacturing with 100s...

Tags: Backup, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Ardeo Logic, vDCR Backup, vDCR Backup & Restore, Virtualization, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-15

Infrastructure Architectures Purpose-Built for the Internal Cloud

Information infrastructure - including storage, data protection, and management technologies - is required to create a highly scalable VMware vSphere cluster. The attendee of this webcast will learn about the infrastructure technologies one need to enhance the vSphere environments through vStorage and vCenter integrations.

Tags: EMC Corp., Storage, Disaster Recovery, Hardware, Data Management

Webcasts 2009-09-10

What's New in VMware vSphere 4: Virtual Networking

VMware vSphere introduces a number of new features and capabilities to virtual networking under VMware® vNetwork. vNetwork is the new name to describe the collection of networking technologies for optimally integrating networking and I/O functionality into vSphere. This white paper discusses some of the new features of vNetwork.

Tags: Global Knowledge, Hardware, Network, Networking, Virtualization, VMware Inc., VMware vSphere, vNetwork

White papers 2009-09-09

VMware Training

VMware vSphere is the next evolutionary step in IT computing. vSphere dramatically reduces capital and operating costs, and increases control over IT infrastructures while preserving the flexibility to choose any OS, application and hardware. Learn how to take advantage of this new technology with VMware training from Global Knowledge.

Tags: Global Knowledge, Hardware, Training, Virtualization, VMware Inc., VMware vSphere

White papers 2009-09-04

When is a VMware cloud a vCloud? Let the API wars begin

Attention enterprises â€"Pop Quiz: If your favorite hosting provider launches a cloud service that supports VMware vSphere and is part of the VMware vCloud initative, are they providing you with the rich vCloud functionality VMware is touting at VMworld this week? The answer is no, because vCloud...

Tags: API, Amazon.com Inc., VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Virtualization: a good idea but still some growing pains to consider

It's a solution in search of a problemHow on earth is virtualization going to reduce complexity? The only way to reduce complexity is to use *one* platform of course.[Repeat]How on earth is virtualization going to increase security? The holes in windows will still be there, won't they?This shouldn't sell.Show me...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Servers, virtualization, server, security, VMware Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Performance on VMware vSphere 4

Increased adoption of VMware infrastructure and continued performance advances in hardware and software have driven the virtualization of Microsoft Exchange. The current version, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, is a resource-hungry 64-bit application that has reduced storage demands as compared to previous versions. The increased use of memory and heavier CPU...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Performance, Microsoft Exchange Server, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

White papers 2009-09-01

Dell Case Study: Flying Right

Atlas Air plans to upgrade and relocate its IT infrastructure to accommodate business growth, but lacks the staff size and specialized expertise to plan and implement the necessary hardware and virtualization improvements. Dell ProConsult Services helps Atlas Air create a plan for moving to a new facility with minimal disruption,...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Utility Computing, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Blade Servers, Servers, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Management

Case studies 2009-09-01

Iomega's NAS: Is the mainstream ready for network storage?

Is the average household ready for a network-attached storage device? Iomega, an EMC company, sees an opportunity when it comes to mainstream consumers and a storage device that allows all of the PCs in a home to connect to the same storage drive. This week, the company...

Tags: NAS, Iomega Corp., Network, Network Storage, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Affordable Business Continuity for SMBs With VMware vSphere 4

The attendee of this webcast will learn about the compelling new IT solutions from VMware that enable Small and Midsize Businesses SMBs to significantly improve the efficiency of their IT operations and deliver affordable business continuity. With VMware vSphere 4, SMBs can have the power of agility, protection and significant...

Tags: Information Technology, VMware Inc., Business Continuity, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, Virtualization, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-08-25

Optimizing Business Application Performance With VMware vCenter AppSpeed

Customers are increasingly using VMware vSphere 4 as a more dynamic platform for running large, business-critical applications such as Web applications, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL and Oracle Database. The presenter begin by describing the outstanding performance capabilities of VMware ESX 4 that enable more than 95 percent of applications to...

Tags: Business Application, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-08-19