A quick Tech Round Up whilst have the time before a busy
schedule kicks in to play. Random interesting tech stuff from: Cisco,
Citrix, Drobo, F5, Fusion-IO,
HP,
Microsoft,
NetApp,
Veeam and VMware
## Cisco ##
Vladan Seget
recommends the TrainSignal courses in Cisco Nexus 1000v!
## Citrix ##
Important security
considerations if using the XenClient
## Drobo ##
A nice storage array with Automated Data-Aware Tiering at
a fair price!
## F5 ##
Comes recommended if
you’re interested in learning about F5 Networks great products!
## Fusion-IO ##
Interesting
discussion on Linkedin regards using SSDs to increase SQL performance; recommendations
for just using for tempdb; with some recommending the O/S; considerations that
the SQL server caches a lot to memory so won’t actually use the SSD; and thoughts
on HA and DR.
## HP ##
Interesting PDF
which is pretty much a walkthrough install guide for implementing SCVMM 2012
with HP 3PAR and Hyper-V hosts.
If you lose your
datastores after upgrading ESXi 5, check out this article which installs the HP
Smart Array P220i Controller after upgrade but before post-upgrade reboot.
“HP Insight Control
Storage Module Version 7.1 for vCenter is a plug-in for VMware's vCenter
management console, enabling VMware administrators to quickly obtain
context-aware information about the HP storage in their VMware environment
directly from vCenter.” (a free
download)
## Microsoft ##
Considering using
Deduplication with Server 2012 then check this Technet link out. Interesting
table below:
If you get the chance,
try them out!
Even if you’re not
excited by Windows 8, you’ll want to check out the final chapter:
Ten Things You’ll Hate about Windows 8 (And
How to Fix Them)
## NetApp ##
Slightly biased
comparison of the dedupe offerings of Dell, EMC, HDS, HP, IBM, NetApp and
startups. Of course NetApp leads the way!
Slightly biased 5 differences
between NetApp and EMC!
## Veeam ##
The Veeam vs
AppAssure debate is still going strong in the Veeam forums. The link above
takes you to a very detailed comparison bmcchesney-nv. Interesting to note that
AppAssure uses agents and only recently has started supporting flavours of
Linux!
## VMware ##
Excellent how to videos covering – Site Recovery Manager, vCenter Operations Manager,
vCloud, vFabic/Spring, vSphere, vSphere Storage Appliance
Nice article with table
(below) to ensure you patch your vSphere components in the correct order!
Found very cool and unique info here in this blog. This is a great addition in my favorite blog list.
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