In a previous blog I mentioned that VMware is working on a client hypervisor called the Client Virtualization Platform (CVP). That product is not yet released, but I found another vendor (NxTop) on the showroom floor which IS shipping a client hypervisor TODAY. In fact, they have numerous DoD customers...
During one of the sessions today on storage sprawl the speaker recommended a three tiered storage architecture. He suggested:Tier 3: OS images; SATA storageTier 2: General application data and binaries; FC storageTier 1: Page files and databases; FC storageHis rationale was once an OS is booted, very few I/Os occur...
VMware is doing a private beta/preview of Workstation 7.0. While I can't reveal the new features due to a NDA, other people have leaked some of the possible new features. Google is your friend! Today I asked a VMware guy when the planned release was, and decoding his carefully worded...
VMware has a good whitepaper on setting up a Microsoft fail-over cluster in vSphere. Unfortunately there are number of restrictions when using Microsoft clustering with VMware vSphere, which really put a damper on the practices in certain environments. The following environments and functionality are not supported for MSCS setups with...
One of the best sessions to date of VMworld was discussing virtualizing SQL 2008 in vSphere. VMware has written a lengthy whitepaper going over the gory details. In short, you will likely get 86% or better of bare metal performance if you virtualize SQL with vSphere, even for the most...
At VMworld VMware is showing off a preview of their client hypervisor. When combined with their VMware View product, it virtualizes the client hardware yet gives you the full desktop experience..online or offline. You can then check in or check out VMs, create new client images, all with hardware independence....
Today at VMworld HP announced their the HP Insight Control for vCenter. In a nut shell, HP is adding a new tab in vCenter which allows you to quickly monitor hardware health with one button launch to iLO, SIM, or power stats. Red/yellow/green lights for many subsystems let you quickly...
Later this year VMware will be releasing a software only version of PCoIP. What is PCoIP? Teradici developed the protocol to compete with RDP and ICA, but offer a richer multi-media experience. Their original product requires specialized hardware on both the server and client end. However, the LAN experience is...
So today at VMworld I learned that the current version of the Cisco Nexus 1000v is NOT compatible with the vSphere vShield technology. I didn't get an approximate release date on when a compatible version would be released. Stay tuned!9/1 Update: I talked to a VMware lead for vShields and...
Cisco has created a good PowerPoint slide deck on how to configure the Cisco Nexus 1000v with the HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 blade interconnect. You can download the slides here. They also created a video which you can see here.Over the coming months I'll be working integrating both technologies with...
Last weekend I reloaded my new PC with Windows 7 x64 RTM on my new OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD. After being thoroughly impressed with the boot time of Windows, I noticed once I logged in there was a 45 - 60 second delay of items in my startup folder. In...
While browsing some RSS feeds today, I came across some more intersting Flash cookie and browser cookie information. There's a great paper detailing the Flash Cookie issue which I blogged about earlier this week. If you are concerned about browser privacy and ad tracking, its well worth a read. What...