ESX vs Hyper-V mythbusting myth
Last March I wrote an article on vendors trying to market their products by bashing the competition and not having a clean discussion. At that moment I thought ‘Am I the only one making this into a problem?’ Today I read a great post by…
Webcast: Sneak Peek: VMware vCenter Chargeback
Title: Webcast: Sneak Peek: VMware vCenter Chargeback Location: online Link out: Click here Description: Join the VMware Chargeback team as they describe how VMware vCenter Chargeback will deliver a simple cost accounting structure for the virtualized environment in 2009. Using an allocation or utilization model…
The score after 6 months
It is now April and in October 2008, 6 months ago, we started our own virtualization blog. I registered a funny domain name when applying for a private domain name and Anne Jan, Edwin, Alex and I started this website just for the fun of…
Webcast: Sneak Peek: VMware vCenter AppSpeed
Title: Webcast: Sneak Peek: VMware vCenter AppSpeed Location: online Link out: Click here Description: Due for release in 2009, this Application Performance Monitoring product will provide unparalleled insight into the performance of multi-tier applications. In this webcast, we will cover both how the technology can…
VMware renames vSphere
After many complaints from the community VMware finally gave in and renamed their next generation ESX, formerly known as vSphere, to vCloudOS. We at VMGuru.nl already complained at the end of 2008 about the new name and many other did the same. Some even claimed that…
Database size calculation sheets
Last week a collegue asked how big the initial database for VirtualCenter should be and how much it grows. He also needed to know much diskspace he needed to reserve for the database. Since we have to do this more often I thought it would…
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 released
Last week I reported a bug to VMware and yesterday I got their reply stating that this issue is solved in VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 which they had just released. Damn those VMware guys are fast ;-) Update 4 has build number 153875, requires…
New articles published for week ending 3/29/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
Virtualisation: it isn’t an app, it’s an infrastructure
Now most of our loyal followers know, I usually do not post any content on this blog other than things related to the hosting of website. It’s my “job” to keep this part of the infrastructure running (well, that’s not quite how it is, but…
VI3 Advanced Technical Design Guide chapter 4 released
I know it has been a while so maybe it’s old news to some of you but we have to support our VMGuru-founder, Scott Herold. Scott released chapter 4 of his VMware Infrastructure 3, Advanced technical Design Guide and it can be downloaded (for free)…
Earth hour.
As virtualization freaks on this planet we sell virtualiziation solutions to clients with the motivation that it will save on power, cooling, space, etc and therefore we reduce the CO2-emission (we should receive government funding ;-)) If you support this motivation you will also like…
User Photo disabled
We experienced some trouble with the “User Photo” plugin which caused a load of PHP code to be displayed in the comments. We couldn’t pinpoint the exact cause and we decided to disable it. Now I’m no PHP hero (actually, far from it) but I’ve…
What server hardware to choose for your virtualization project?
Selecting physical server hardware while rounding up the business case is always a fun exercise, what do you need and what is smart too choose? A question you should definitely ask yourself is are we going to scale up or to scale out or do…
Webcast: Security in the Cloud: Protecting Confidential Data in Cloud Computing Environments
Title: Webcast: Security in the Cloud: Protecting Confidential Data in Cloud Computing Environments Location: online Link out: Click here Description: Cloud computing is opening up opportunities for cost savings and increased scalability of IT infrastructure. However, security concerns can sometimes obscure these benefits. In this…
Webcast: Deploying Oracle on VMware: Challenges and Opportunities
Title: Webcast: Deploying Oracle on VMware: Challenges and Opportunities Location: online Link out: Click here Description: Many IT organizations are standardizing on VMware as the default platform for all their applications. However, virtualizing Oracle solutions – including databases, RAC, WebLogic and enterprise apps – can…