Storage - Virtualization Software
Review: Solarwinds Virtualization Manager 7.0 – New Recommendations and Remediations!
December 18, 2016 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
Whether it’s a small business or the largest enterprise, server virtualization has become the norm. New servers are “virtual first” and even the most critical physical servers are now being virtualized. Virtual machines running on today’s virtual infrastructures are now … Read More
CloudPhysics: Big Analytics, Big Announcement!
June 24, 2014 | Eric Wright, vExpert, Cisco Champion
CloudPhysics has been a great story to watch as they’ve grown their groundbreaking data center analytics offering into a phenomenal product. Marrying the big data pool of analytics from data centers around the world and a simplified, intuitive interface, they … Read More
Opinion: Protect, *then* Perfect – An Inverted Approach to DR
June 5, 2014 | admin
Ed Note: The following is an opinion post by Shannon Snowden, Senior Technical Marketing Architect at Zerto.
One thing has been made clear to me while designing and implemention DR solutions like VMware SRM and Zerto over the past few … Read More
VMware VSAN – 5 Reasons It’s Unique: Video Interview, Pricing, Slide Deck, & VSAN Links
March 12, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE 2
Today, VMware officially launched their new sofware-defined storage solution for vSphere virtual machines – VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN). Along with the release of VSAN is the release of vSphere 5.5 Update 1. Of course, the big news is the pricing, … Read More
Designing the Next Generation vSphere Storage Systems
March 6, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE 2
Today, most enterprises are using traditional storage arrays (NAS or SAN) with spinning disk from a big name storage company like EMC or NetApp. In fact, I would bet that the vast majority of those companies have even bought new … Read More
Using vSphere Changed Block Tracking with EMC Networker Backup
March 3, 2014 | Lauren Malhoit, VCP, MCSE: Security, and CCNA 2
Changed Block Tracking (CBT) is a feature that has been around for a while within VMware virtual machines. CBT is available if you’re running ESX 4.0 or higher with hardware version 7 or higher on the VM. Basically, VMware can … Read More
Exclusive Video: Exploring the Guts of the Nutanix Architecture
February 12, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
Recently, 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
Introduction to Openstack Storage Systems
February 4, 2014 | Paul Meehan, VCAP-DCA, CCNA 4
Openstack is a word on many people’s lips.
The Project is just over three years old, but you can feel how it has already gained mindshare and convinced important companies and people to get behind it. It’s evident from the … Read More
What Does the Unitrends and PHD Virtual Merger Mean for Customers?
January 20, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
If you haven’t heard, there has been some consolidation in the virtualization backup industry when Unitrends bought PHD Virtual. What does this mean for customers as well as the competition? Let’s find out.
Who Is Unitrends?
Unitrends offers data protection … Read More
Free Virtualization Admin Resources From Veeam
January 15, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
Sure, most companies produce a lot of white paper and video content but much of that is self-serving as it’s only geared toward pushing you to buy their product. I have to give kudos to Veeam, on the other hand, … Read More
Is CloudByte Really the Future of Storage?
December 5, 2013 | Lauren Malhoit, VCP, MCSE: Security, and CCNA
A few weeks back I attended Storage Field Day 4. One of the storage vendors we heard from is CloudByte. CloudByte is a startup that has been around for about three years. They are strictly a software company that works … Read More
Coho Data Brings SDN to SDS for a Killer Combination
November 26, 2013 | Chris Wahl 1
Coho 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
Review: Solarwinds Virtualization Manager 6.0
October 31, 2013 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSEFor all intents and purposes, the hypervisor has become the bare metal of the data center. When administrators make decisions as to how to support workloads, they are planning ways to carve resources from the overall virtual environment. Rarely are … Read More
#VMworld 2013 Europe Interview with @RickVanover from @Veeam Software
October 30, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIEWhile attending VMworld 2013 in Barcelona Spain, I was thankful for the chance to speak to the, one and only, Rick Vanover (@RickVanover on Twitter), Evangelist at Veeam Software. Rick is a prolific blogger and author from VirtualizationReview.com and other … Read More
Killer Infographics: Download Microsoft’s Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster Series
October 16, 2013 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
For years, really good people at Microsoft have spent enormous time creating and making available architectural posters for a number of the company’s products. I’ve always really liked them as they provide a really quick, at-a-glance view of what makes … Read More
Top 5 Most Overlooked Factors in VM Backups
September 19, 2013 | Rick Vanover, vExpert, MCITP, VCP
If there is one thing I’ve learned over the years, it is that there are plenty of things that can go wrong in the datacenter. While virtualization as given us incredible availability technologies, quick provisioning capabilities and excellent management tools; … Read More
Demoing the PernixData Flash Virtualization Platform Beta
July 4, 2013 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
Flash has become a big topic in the IT world lately especially around virtualization. There are all flash arrays, hybrid flash arrays, auto-tiering within more traditional arrays, and of course server-side flash and SSD. Server-side flash puts the performance gains … Read More
vSphere Metrics Watch: Four Key Storage Metrics
May 14, 2013 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
Now that we’ve covered which memory and processor metrics to keep any eye on, let’s take a closer look at storage. When programs aren’t running, they are stored on disk along with the data that is required by said programs. … Read More
