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How to optimize VMware running on EMC Celerra NFS

1. February 2010

I just read a great article from Scott Lowe on optimizing NFS storage for use with VMware. Most of the recommendations are found in Celerra best practices docs but its also nice when someone compiles them all up into one area. As has been stated on multiple occasions and by multiple people, be sure that [...]

How to Manage VMware with your Blackberry or iPhone

24. June 2009

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How to Manage VMware with your Blackberry or iPhone

Recently Hyper9 launched VMM “Virtualization Mobile Manager” into general availability, out of beta. So what does this mean to you ? You can now purchase their VMM to allow you to use your iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile device, or Google Android phone to manager VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer. Unlike many of the third [...]

The fastest way to backup VMware

28. April 2009

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I have been around almost every backup product available (except some lesser known backup programs) and have seen many features, and different ways to backup data. I don””t want to point fingers or tell you which product is the best and which is the worst (I””ll save that for another post ), but what I [...]

WordPress continues to amaze me.

19. February 2009

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Since the launch of wordpress 2.7 my life has been made so much easier. I used to try and maintain several blogs with frequent security updates and plugin fixes. I seemed to spend most of my time securing the blog infrastructure than actually writing blogs. I went on a long hiatus of no updates for [...]

EMC & VMware: Virtual Infrastructure Backup with Deduplication

19. November 2008

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EMC & VMware: Virtual Infrastructure Backup with Deduplication

The BlackBerry Bold vs BlackBerry Storm

19. November 2008

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After the release of a couple new BlackBerry devices, I am very excited to get my hands on one. Which one though ? Well I’m not quite sure yet. So i have decided to make a comparison of the two at the top of my list. Before I start I was also considering jumping on [...]

Mimosa NearPoint vs. EMC EmailXtender

14. October 2008

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Email Archiving has become a standard within the enterprise. Email servers carry the largest load of activity and it is important to constantly improve storage management and operational efficiency within the messaging environment. As corporate compliance becomes increasingly strict and legal requirements are becoming a common ground for audits, you must assure yourself and your [...]

And so it begins…

5. August 2008

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I finally decided to make it official and start my own blog, so bare with me while I figure out how I want it to look. If you like what you see let me know and if you dont like what you see show me how I can make it better. Oh and BTW if [...]