Cloud shrinking (Virtually Insane?)
I am going to talk a bit about public cloud. One of the main benefits that Public cloud services inherently have, is the ability to utilise the extreme volumes of infrastructure in order to reactively...
View ArticleHyper-V dynamic memory allocation vs. VMware memory overcommit (vSphere-land)
Hyper-V Dynamic Memory is Microsoft’s answer to VMware memory overcommit. Dynamic memory allocation and memory overcommit both aim to improve memory management in virtual server infrastructures, and...
View ArticleUsing SSD technology to support memory overcommitment in vSphere (vSphere-land)
With applications becoming increasingly memory-hungry, memory always seems to be the resource in the shortest supply on a host. In a virtualized server environment, the lack of sufficient physical...
View ArticleOff to HP Discover (vSphere-land)
I leave bright and early to attend HP Discover this week in Las Vegas. I’ve been to VMworld many times but this is my first trip to HP Discover. I look forward to seeing all the HP new technology and...
View ArticleVDI and Storage De-Duplication: Good or Bad marriage? (myvirtualcloud.net)
In my opinion if you are doing VDI with Persistent Desktops using Full Clones you are rowing against the current. I have previously stated that Floating Pools and Linked Clones (or similar technology)...
View ArticleYou know where Citrix XenDesktop beats VMware View today? It's the clients....
At my Desktop Virtualization 2011 event in Atlanta last week (which will be in Detroit this week and St. Louis next week), one of the questions I was asked was, "Which is better: XenDesktop or View?"...
View ArticleSelf-employed, delivering Virtualization Consultancy (Virtual Kenneth)
After working for VMware for over a year I decided to take the next step in my career: to start Van Ditmarsch Consultancy As a contractor I will be available to do Virtualization Consultancy, primarily...
View ArticleHP Client Virtualization Reference Architecture with VMware View (That's My...
Thanks to Joel Lindberg for Retweeting @donjduncanHP’s Tweet regarding the HP Client Virtualization Reference Architecture on Twitter. HP Client Virtualization Enterprise Reference Architecture with...
View ArticleVeeam Surebackup Protip: Windows Firewall. (J.F.V.I.)
I’ve just spent a couple of hours this morning having a kick about with some of the more advanced features of Veeam backup & replication v5. I’ve been able to run instant restores of my machines...
View ArticleCitrix boosts HDX technology for VDI and cloud environments (InfoWorld...
One of the main challenges to VDI and desktop virtualization is delivering a good end-user experience. If the end-user isn't happy, nobody's happy. And if they start complaining about the service...
View ArticleScenes from around Citrix Synergy 2011 in San Francisco (VMBlog)
Citrix Synergy is always a fantastic event! Citrix does a wonderful job of putting on the show, and they always offer great information during... Read more at VMblog.com.<img>
View ArticleCloud Security Alliance launches Training (Virtualization Practice)
On the 6/2 Virtualization Security Podcast, Rich Mogull, an analyst for Securosis, joined us to discuss his work with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) to develop the two day course called the...
View ArticleVSI Plugin: vSphere Multipathing Coolness (2 VCP's and a Truck)
One of the tasks that always made me crazy when doing deployments was managing multipathing. Starting with vSphere 4.0 most of the storage platforms recommended using the Round Robin policy. At some...
View ArticleCloud & Virtualization Stacks: Users Fear Lock-In, Ecosystem Fears Lock-Out…...
Posted in Cloud ComputingCloud SecurityDisruptive InnovationVirtualizationI don’t think I’m verbalizing something very well…so I decided to write it down. I still don’t think I’m managing to stick my...
View ArticleFailover of persistent desktops using SRM and View 4.6 (Virtu-Al)
With View 4.6 becoming largely adopted by many businesses recently I came across an interesting use case for VMware Site Recover Manager (SRM) and View 4.6, specifically the View 4.6 PowerCLI cmdlets....
View Article(Physical, Virtualized and Cloud) Security Automation – An API Example...
Posted in Cloud ComputingCloud SecurityCloudAuditComplianceVirtualizationVirtualization SecurityVMwareThe premise of my Commode Computing presentation was to reinforce that we desperately require...
View ArticleVKernel vOPS 3.5–Capacity Management for the Cloud ? (J.F.V.I.)
Never being a company to stagnate when it comes to releases , VKernel are continuing to develop their product set around capacity management and infrastructure optimisation for virtualised...
View ArticlePowerShell module for VIO-4001/4004 (vmDK)
As I’ve mentioned before, I work as a sales engineer for Virtensys, a company that provides a very cool PCIe-based I/O virtualization appliance. Lately I’ve been working on an unofficial project to...
View ArticleVKernel vOperations Suite 3.5 has been released (ESX Virtualization)
A Cloud version of vOperations Suite has been released from vKernel. VKernel has released a new version of vOperations Suite. If you’re new to virtualization, the product was formerly called Capacity...
View ArticleConverter 5.0 public Beta program (NTPRO.NL)
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is a scalable solution to convert virtual and physical machines to VMware virtual machines. You can also configure existing virtual machines in your vCenter Server...
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