Tegile named DCIG's 'Best in Class' for all flash array from a field of...
It doesn’t seem like that long ago when I wrote an article here congratulating one of my clients - Tegile - for a pretty impressive award. And now, I’m doing it again! Last week, DCIG awarded Tegile...
View ArticleIntroducing DVS Enterprise with Active Infrastructure
In case you missed the memo, convergence is all the rage these days, but everyone seems to have a different idea about what convergence actually means. For some companies, such as Nutanix, Pivot3 and...
View ArticleScale UP vs Scale OUT - the key differences
Recently, I was asked this question: What is the difference between scale up and scale out when it comes to storage? Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that terms that many people take for granted are new...
View ArticleEase backup headaches with Veeam Backup Cloud Edition
For many people, when they think about virtual machine backup, they think about Veeam. Veeam has long been a very popular player in the virtual machine backup market and has been responsible for...
View ArticleWhat is Transparent Page Sharing?
VMware’s vSphere does some pretty amazing things with a host server’s memory in order to maximize the number of virtual machines that can be on a single server. After all, the more workloads that can...
View ArticleSee virtual environment details with HP Virtualization Performance Viewer
Today's IT is highly virtualized and complex, making it difficult to gain the insights needed to deliver a high quality of services. When issues occur, the Virtualization administrator spends too much...
View ArticleWhat's new in Microsoft's VHDX virtual disk format?
With Windows Server 2012 and the latest Hyper-V, Microsoft has also released a new version of their virtual hard drive file. This file, with the extension VHDX, can do much more than the older VHD...
View ArticleHow do you upgrade vSphere hosts?
How do you prefer to upgrade your vSphere hosts? I’ve talked about this before, but the question was recently posed to me again, so I thought I’d see if perceptions had changed at all. vSphere systems...
View ArticleCloud-based home labs: Have you retired your gear?
I’ve been working on a series of articles for virtualizaitonadmin.com detailing the steps I’m taking to completely rebuild my home lab. My old lab setup wasn’t very flexible and didn’t allow me to do...
View ArticlevExpert 2013 applications are now open
Applications are now open for the vExpert 2013 Program. The deadline for application is April 15, 2013 at midnight PDT. Time is running out! It’s time to apply for or recommend someone for the 2013...
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