New Enterprise Hypervisor comparison
Last year we published an Enterprise Hypervisor comparison and we got very positive comments and feedback on it. During the last few weeks I received many update requests so I decided to update the old hypervisor comparison but this time I changed the setup…
Bad network performance on new ESX host
At a client site we came upon a problem with Windows 2003 VM’s. They would get low network performance when we moved them to a newly formed ESX cluster consisting of HP 460c G6 blades. In some cases logging on to the server with a…
Happy birthday founder!
Hello Folks! Today Erik celebrates his 36th birthday. We’re happy to have his party today and we all wish him many happy returns!
VMware vSphere 4.1 released
A few minutes ago VMware has released the new version of VMware vSphere, version 4.1. This new vSphere version contains 150 new features and has improved scalability, memory management, DRS, etc. Besides all the new features the greatest news is that vSphere 4.1…
EqualLogic firmware with vStorage API
This month Dell released their firmware for EqualLogic iSCSI SANs. A couple of things that caught my attention: vStorage API support. Things like snapshot, storage vmotion etc are now handled by the array, instead of the ESX host you can create seperate volume administrators. No…
Problem solved (?)
Update: The problem seems to be solved! We will continue to monitor the web server but it looks like we’re back in business. Since last week we are experiencing problems with the stability of our web server. Sorry for the inconvenience, we’re working hard…
The VMware Infrastructure 3 Support Life Cycle
If you haven’t upgraded to VMware vSphere 4 by now, you should consider it and rethink your strategy. VMware has removed all but the most recent versions of their Virtual Infrastructure product binaries from their download page on June 17th. As of May 2010, the…
Consolidation ratios. Picture vs thousand words…
When we are selling, designing and/or building a virtual infrastructure, we brag about consolidation ratios we can accomplish. But what’s a consolidation ratio of 8 to 1 or 10 to 1? In this case a picture says more than a thousand words …….. On the…
Problem with Update 2 for ESX 4.0 and View clients using PCoIP
VMware has given out a VMware Alert for customers who are using VMware View in combination with PCoIP and ESX 4.0 to NOT update with ESX Update 2 yet. After upgrading ESX 4.0 hosts with Update 2 VMware View clients are unable to connect to…
Determining VMware Build Numbers – view online
[Updated 12-06-2010] Not all VMware products return their version number nicely. They often come in a long build number. Edwin has done a nice job collecting various build numbers of the VMware products. Now it is possible to view these build numbers online. Check out the Build…
vExpert 2010!! [Update]
Yesterday I already reported on Edwin being awarded vExpert 2010! Today Anne Jan and myself received the identical e-mail from John Troyer, so we’re excited to tell you that we extended our vExpert 2009 and are also VMware vExperts 2010!
vExpert 2010!!
This weekend Edwin received an e-mail from John Troyer (VMware) confirming his 2010 VMware vExpert award! Edwin congratulations! For those of you who aren’t familiar, the VMware vExpert Award is given to individuals who have significantly contributed to the community of VMware users over the…
Gartner: VMware, the market leader
Today, Gartner published the first-ever Magic Quadrant for the x86 Server Virtualization market, naming VMware as the only vendor in the leadership quadrant, with a sizeable advantage over all competitors. Simply put, from the most trusted voice in the IT market, VMware, the market leader!…
Trade in XenApp for VMware View part 2
It is always nice to see how Citrix fan-boys reacts on publications about VMware View. Especially when it comes to an comparison or XenApp for View trade in. It is often said that Citrix listens to their customers but they are seldom heard! People need…
Trade in XenApp for VMware View
As a reaction on the Citrix program to trade in your VMware View licenses for XenDesktop, VMware comes with a program to trade in your XenApp licenses for VMware View. The trade in program is quite simple: For the price of 3 years XenApp SA…