Software Defined - Virtualization Software
Exclusive Video: Exploring the Guts of the Nutanix Architecture
February 12, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSERecently, during ActualTech Media’s first Road Show, David Davis and I had the opportunity to meet with a variety of technology companies pioneering new ways to do IT. Over the past couple of years, Nutanix has demonstrated to the market … Read More
Coho Data Brings SDN to SDS for a Killer Combination
November 26, 2013 | Chris Wahl 1Coho Data, one of the newly unveiled start-ups focused on providing scale-out storage, sends their CTO Andy Warfield to tackle a group of cutting-edge tech bloggers and analysis during Storage Field Day 4. The results were spectacular – getting into … Read More
Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform: Video Interviews with @ROIdude and @MSundling
November 25, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIEWinner of numerous innovation awards, the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform is gaining in popularity. To learn more, I conducting two video interviews with Nutanix experts (and well known virtualization experts) – Steve Kaplan (@ROIDude) and Mattias Sundling (@MSundling) while at … Read More
VMware Metro Storage Cluster Explained – Part 2: The Potential Solution
November 14, 2013 | Paul Meehan, VCAP-DCA, CCNA 2In part 1 of this series, I discussed a typical dual-site scenario where storage replication is used to synchronously mirror a volume or LUN object between data centers.
The goal is to mitigate the risk of data center failure. While … Read More
VMware Metro Storage Cluster Explained – Part 1: The Challenge
November 14, 2013 | Paul Meehan, VCAP-DCA, CCNA 3What is a Metro Storage Cluster?
First and foremost, vMSC stands for vSphere Metro Storage Cluster, that is, a vSphere HA/DRS cluster stretched over distance. After attending Duncan Epping & Lee Dilworth’s presentation at VMworld 2013 on vSphere Metro Storage … Read More