Is your enterprise still dragging its anchor, not taking off in the cloud? Are you still saying that the cloud is fine for tiny startups, but not for large enterprises? Here are five good reasons why the cloud is ready … Read More
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D-Wave quantum computer matches the tenth ranked supercomputer for speed
There have been years of controversy about whether the superconducting quantum annealing computers manufactured by D-Wave are a)s quantum computer; and b) fast enough for a) to matter. Now a test of the 512-qubit Vesuvius chip establishes at least that … Read More
Five Considerations For Migrating Cloud Workloads
The benefits of migrating workloads between different cloud providers or between private and public clouds can only actually be achieved with an understanding of the cloud business model and cloud workload management. … Read More
Five Reasons Why VMware Virtualization is Better than Microsoft Hyper-V
1. Hyper-V is marketed as free but really isn’t. Yeah it’s $28 bucks but that’s on top of a Windows 2008 License paid in full. This is nowhere near the realm of free, in fact if you take a straight … Read More
How to Test virtual machine storage I/O REAL performance
Doing speeds tests are always relative to the environment and hardware being used. This article cannot provide specific test result numbers to expect as every environment is unique and the total load for an array is different. To test your ESX host and … Read More
Enhanced Storage Features on 5.1
Enhanced Storage Features on 5.1 SESMATEnhanced Storage features introduced by 5.1 VMFS File Sharing Limits In previous versions of vSphere, the maximum number of hosts which could share a read-only file on a VMFS volume was 8. The primary use … Read More
Convert A Xen Virtual Machine To VMware – Step by Step
This article explains how you can convert a Xen guest to a VMware guest. The steps descibed here assume advanced VMware and Xen knowledge. Additional software requirements: qemu VMware Server 1.xx VMware Converter Knoppix LiveCD or the distribution’s first CD … Read More
14 Tips to Secure Your Virtual Machine Environment
Secure Your Virtual Machine Safeguarding your virtual server environment is vital, even though it doesn’t have the same issues as a physical environment. Here are a few tips to keep things running smoothly: Install only what you need on the … Read More
Configuring SNMP Traps for ESXi/ESX 3.5, 4.x, and 5.x
Details To generate virtual machine and environmental traps from ESXi/ESX 3.5, 4.x, and 5.x hosts, you must configure and enable the embedded SNMP agent. You cannot use the Net-SNMP-based agent to generate these traps, although it can receive GET transactions … Read More
Book Review: VMware vSphere 5 Building a Virtual Datacenter
The title of the book is VMware vSphere 5 Building a Virtual Datacenter by Eric Maillé and René-François Mennecier (Foreword by Chad Sakac and Technical Editor Tom Keegan). This is a book which caught me off guard a little because … Read More
VMware vSphere 5.1 Delivers New Features for SMBs
Great effort has gone into the newly announced VMware vSphere 5.1, the foundation of the VMware vCloud Suite, to build out capabilities that help businesses of all sizes and varying IT resources and skill sets to get more out of … Read More
vSphere 5.1 New Storage Features
VMFS File Sharing Limits In previous versions of vSphere, the maximum number of hosts which could share a read-only file on a VMFS volume was 8. The primary use case for multiple hosts sharing read-only files is of course linked … Read More
Physical Memory Limits for Windows Releases
Physical Memory Limits: Windows 7 The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 7. Version Limit on X86 Limit on X64 Windows 7 Ultimate 4 GB 192 GB Windows 7 Enterprise 4 GB 192 GB Windows 7 Professional 4 GB 192 GB … Read More
Removing unwanted plug-ins from vCenter Server
Note: Removing unwanted plug-ins If you have vCenter Server in linked mode, perform the proceeding steps on the vCenter Server that was used to install= the plugin initially, then restart the vCenter Server services on linked vCenter Server. To remove … Read More
30 VMware vSphere Performance Tips
You most likely chose VMware’s vSphere as your virtualization solution due to it’s reputation as a solid and performant product; however, without proper attention and optimization you will not fully utilize the capabilities of the platform. There’s a multitude of optimizations that … Read More
Working with Alarms and Email Alerts from vSphere – vCenter
As you may already know vCenter comes with a few default alarms such as ESX host connection state and usage alarms.These are useful but only are visible if you are logged into vCenter with VI Client however it can be … Read More
VMware shares data on bandwidth, sync times, and RPOs with vSphere Replication
Was very interesting that I have got some data to share with you that comes from usage of Site Recovery Manager with real systems and VMs. I often get asked to provide generic guidance on vSphere Replication and usually answers … Read More
Microsoft releases a Windows Phone 7 Performance Best Practices
This presentation discusses the best practices for developing games on Windows Phone 7. From a performance point of view, writing managed code can sometimes feel abstracted from the hardware. Learn how .NET and XNA Game Studio put your application together … Read More
What Cloud Computing Really Means
Cloud Computing 1. SaaS – Software As A Service This type of cloud computing delivers a single application through the browser to thousands of customers using a multitenant architecture. On the customer side, it means no upfront investment in servers or … Read More
Wrong Side Of The IT Ecosystem
I find it ridiculous that people are blaming Apple for job creation in China as opposed to in the US. People are also debating how US might in-source some of these manufacturing jobs to compete with China who has sophisticated manufacturing abilities … Read More
