Monthly Archives: August 2011

All in with vRAM

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Alastair

What would the impact be if VMware went all in with vRAM pricing? What if you didn’t buy ESX sockets, just vRAM? What if you didn’t buy ESX editions, just vRAM? Customers are unhappy with the idea of buying extra … Continue reading →

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Ample RAM for your VM.

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Alastair

Andre Leibovici has posted the second part of his linked clone IO study and it makes interesting reading.  The first part is here and the second here they are well worth the read. One of the things Andre calls out … Continue reading →

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APAC Virtualization Podcast – Tier One Applications

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Alastair

Newly posted podcast talking with Michael Webster.

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APAC Virtualization Roundtable – Live from VMworld

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Alastair

Live from Vegas baby. All the details are on the podcast web site.

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vBeers in New Zealand

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Alastair

Years ago one of my managers said she treated her technical teams like a tribe, they need to meet together and have open forums to discuss technical things.  Often infrastructure geeks can’t discuss their work with the people they love … Continue reading →

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APAC Virtualization Roundtable – Mike Laverick, SRM 5.0 17 August

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Alastair

Mike Laverick will return to the podcast to discuss Site Recovery Manager 5.0 new features. All the details are at the Podcast blog The podcast with Frank and Duncan is also, rather belatedly, up on Talkshoe now.

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VMware vSphere: Advanced Fast Track 4.x in Auckland

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Alastair

The week after next I will be teaching the vSphere Advanced FastTrack in Auckland.  As far as I’m aware this is the first time the course has been run in NZ. This FastTrack course is made up of the Manage … Continue reading →

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VAAI consideration with View Composer

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Alastair

In keeping with this year’s theme of View being a big part of my work I spent some time with a customer this week, looking at a view implementation.  In emails with the customer an odd thing had come up, … Continue reading →

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