A list of must
read/watch links when get the time, titbits, tools, and some nice graphics; all
of which have entered my awareness since after the last Tech Round Up! With
stuff from Cisco, Citrix, EMC,
F5, LoginVSI, Microsoft, NetApp, PHD Virtual, and VMware
## Cisco ##
## Citrix ##
## EMC ##
YouTube video discussing
VFCache 1.5 with the predominant use case for this server-side Flash Technology
being SQL Server:
VFCache 1.5
features include:
- Automated vMotion
- Deduplication
- FAST (Fully
Automated Storage Tiering) VMAX management integration
## F5 ##
Excellent
walkthrough from Damian Flynn to install and configure!
## LoginVSI ##
The Login VSI Express license allows you to test up to 50 user sessions for FREE!
## Microsoft ##
Check the overview
for list of updates and enhancements!
## NetApp ##
“No other storage
vendors can offer what is possible with Data ONTAP Cluster-Mode …”, “… NetApp ‘One Cloud’ - a single
shared storage infrastructure for hundreds of private clouds, and one Agile Data Infrastructure …”, “Instant Provisioning –
Creating a virtual storage system (vSAN) in 10 seconds for a hosted customer”, “Non-Disruptive Operations
– … non-disruptively migrating a 30 VM Oracle DB eco-system nearly instantaneously
from SATA to SSD drives …”, “Immortal
data infrastructure – Attested to the storage savings and high
performance available with NetApp
data deduplication …”
A series on Data
ONTAP 8 clustering - well worth checking out!
## PHD Virtual ##
A useful little web
tool that can help with corrupt/missing VMDK disk descriptor files!
## VMware ##
Duncan Epping’s
tech marketing updates - check out the interesting links!
Useful KB articles
for vSphere 5.1 including links to best practice guides!
Excellent
walkthrough for configuring VXLAN via the vCloud Networking and Security
appliance, vSphere Web Client, and VMware vCloud Director!
Nice graphic that
summarizes how it all goes together:
PowerCLI scripts to
find, check, and amend any erroneous VM Memory Limits.
“… the
manageability benefits of VDI, but for physical desktops and laptops …”
Slightly different
to the VMworld 2012 Awards:
Best Cloud Application:
HotLink Hybrid Express
Best Backup and
Data Protection Product: Dell
AppAssure
Best Free Tool: Veeam ZIP
Best Innovation: Cloud Physics
Best IaaS Cloud: Opscode Chef
Best SMB Product: Dell vStart 100
Best Cloud
Management Tool: Puppet
Labs - Puppet Enterprise
Best New Product of
2012: Nutanix Complete
Cluster
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