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Hyper-V or VMWare? That is the question …
I like to keep close to the debate over which virtualisation technology is currently the best in various different scenarios, such as the corporate and SMB situations. This one gives a good state of...
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VShield beware!
Interesting article in Search Server Virtualization. Says it all really so I’ll keep it short and sweet. If you have the ability to identify a SPOF (single-point-of-failure) within your architecture,...
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Fault tolerance removes determinism issues
This one starts to get a bit deep but it’s a rewarding read – I’ve mentioned before the ability of vmware FT is limited to a single core. By its very nature the number of applications you can run in...
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For instant to mean instant – ask for uptime assurance
Here’s an interesting piece on the VMWare vs. Microsoft’s Hyper-V battle. I always thought that instant meant “an almost imperceptible space of time”. When talking about virtualisation and failover...
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For High Availability, Look Towards Fault Tolerance
With Blackberry in the news so much over the last couple of days, it’s good to look at some specific technologies that are designed specifically to ensure adequate levels of uptime. Have a peek at this...
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Uptime Assurance for VMware Tier 1 applications
Had to mention this one now that vSphere 5 is available on a fault tolerant platform. Just as the virtualisation stack gets better and better, so the expectation of availability increases too. There...
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New Uptime Appliance for critical virtualisation infrastructure management
In today’s consumer world one of the things we rely on are appliances – you know – white goods (although you can get them in different colours now) – cookers, washing machines and fridges. I always...
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VMware Sweetens Deal to Virtualise Mission-Critical Apps
So Vmware has recognised the importance of training in competencies to help customers virtualise their tier-1 application. I see this as good news and look forward to engaging with many VBCA’s as the...
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Instant Recovery for Windows and vmWare: Really?
I’m confused with this one – can someone please enlighten me? Clearly I am interested in ‘instant recovery’ but they keep talking about reducing the failover to under 5 minutes. I don’t know what their...
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Virtualisation drives demand for fault tolerant servers
As the virtualisation march continues, we continue to see more and more ‘mission critical’ type services being ported to this more efficient and flexible infrastructure. Don’t forget, though, that this...
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vMotion Myths and Live Migration Legends
I never cease to be astounded by customers’ responses when we engage in a conversation with them about vMotion or Live Migration. There is a general perception that if you have ‘deployed’ vMotion then...
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