Tag Archives: vSphere

Microsoft Employee Submits to Polygraph Testing

Hilarious series of polygraph videos with Microsoft employee under interrogation. Continue reading

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Shared-nothing Live Migration: Zero Downtime — Kind of

Both vSphere and Hyper-V offer a capability to move running virtual machines and storage in a single operation, but virtual disks on local storage cannot be protected by HA. Continue reading

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Book Review: VMware vSphere 5 – Building a Virtual Datacenter

New book on vSphere 5 covers a variety of technical aspects needed for effective virtual infrastructure design and administration. Continue reading

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vRAM eliminated on both vSphere 5.0 and 5.1

VMware removed vRAM entitlements from vSphere licensing; applies to existing 5.0 as well as 5.1 environments. Continue reading

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Real Uses for Fault Tolerant Virtual Machines

Fault tolerant virtual machines can protect key elements of an infrastructure today, while Windows Hyper-V offers only criticism, press releases, and vaporware. Continue reading

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