Supermicro teething troubles and voltage warnings
During my recent build of the vHydra server I found myself rather frustrated with Supermicro for a couple of reasons. Firstly their UK distribution doesn’t seem to be working particularly well as...
View ArticleEasing the pain of a VMware audit
I recently had to complete an external audit of our VMware estate and thought it might be useful to others to know what the process entails, what you’ll need to provide to the auditors, and a few...
View ArticleHome labs – a poor man’s Fusion-IO?
While upgrading my home lab recently I found myself reconsidering the scale up vs scale out argument. There are countless articles about building your own home lab and whitebox hardware but is there a...
View ArticleZerto’s Virtual Replication 2.0 – first looks
In this article I’m going to talk about Zerto, a data protection company specialising in virtualized and cloud infrastructures who I recently saw as part of Storage Field Day #2. They’ve presented...
View ArticleHere’s what you missed in 2012 (LonVMUG)
It’s that time of year when I book the next London VMUG session into my calendar and rather than my usual ‘here’s the agenda, you should go‘ blogpost I thought I’d recap what the last year has...
View ArticleNetapp OnCommand System Manager 2.1 available
A quick post to say that Netapp have released v2.1 of their Windows MMC management tool, OnCommand System Manager (the download link is the bottom right, NOW account required). This new update brings...
View ArticleEnterprise storage is in for an exciting few years
At the start of November I was lucky enough to be invited to the Next Generation Storage Symposium in San Jose, California as well as Storage Field Day #2 on the following two days. There were sessions...
View ArticleMy ‘chinwag’ with Mike Laverick
Late last week I joined an illustrious line of community bloggers, vendors, and authors by having a ‘chinwag’ with Mike Laverick. Anyone who knows Mike knows that a quick chat can easily last an hour...
View ArticleIs storage a fungible commodity?
I keep hearing that ‘IT is becoming a commodity‘, cloud computing is ‘like a utility‘, and recently I’ve heard the term ‘fungibility’ applied to computing on multiple occasions. The technologies behind...
View ArticleBetterWPSecurity – a great WordPress plugin but proceed with caution
I’ve recently installed the BetterWPSecurity WordPress plugin, and found that while it’s very useful and does increase the security of WordPress it can also break your site. Ah, Monday morning and the...
View ArticleSpring has sprung and it’s LonVMUG time again!
For those of us in the UK it may feel as if winter has gone on forever but finally the sun has shown it’s face and everyone has a new spring in their step. What to do with all that pent up energy?...
View ArticleTwelve weeks is a long time in tech!
Firstly an apology for those who regularly read my blog – I’ve just returned from three months paternity leave where I was largely ‘off the grid’ and had very little to do with technology and lots to...
View ArticleIs cloud computing a fungible commodity?
Summary: In a earlier blogpost I explored the idea that storage is fungibile but I’ve also heard fungibility mentioned recently in relation to cloud computing as a whole. If cloud computing is becoming...
View ArticleNetapp ONTAP 8.2 and SnapManager compatibility
Summary: Running SnapDrive or SnapManager on Windows 2003? You might have some decisions to make…. Netapp recently announced that ONTAP 8.2 will bring with it a new licencing model which impacts the...
View ArticleCloud spells the end for Microsoft Technet software subscriptions
——- UPDATE July 3rd 2012 —— If you don’t want to see MS Technet discontinued considering signing up to this petition. It’s going to need much more than the 750 signatures (as of this morning) to effect...
View ArticleIP Expo or VMworld Europe?
With VMworld in San Francisco, which I couldn’t attend, now a distant memory my thoughts have turned to attending the European replay to be held in Barcelona this October. As VMware have grown over the...
View ArticleVMworld 2013 – Is it just me?
Overall I guess I feel disappointed. Over the last week I’ve been trying to keep up with developments from VMworld and to be honest it’s not been as tough as I thought because most of the announcements...
View ArticleConverged infrastructure: an introduction
For the last couple of years adoption of ‘converged infrastructure’ has been on the rise but until recently it wasn’t something I’d needed to understand beyond general market awareness and personal...
View ArticleStorage Field Day #4 – who will you see?
Following on from last year when I attended Storage Field Day #2 I’m glad to say I’ve been invited back to San Jose this year for SFD #4, happening Nov 13th-15th. I enjoyed the experience last year and...
View ArticleVMware certification exams – 50% discounts (2013 offer)
If you’re in the market to take a VMware certification exam, there’s some good news – provided you’re quick. For the next couple of days (while VMworld Barcelona is running, Oct 14th-17th 2013) you can...
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