In lieu of my regular post (hopefully to increase from weekly frequency at some point), I'll simply wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Don’t forget the reason for the season (Luke 2:10-11)! If you don’t celebrate Christmas, then I wish you a very happy holiday season! After all, it's not like you need to be reading anything … Continue reading Merry Christmas!
Month: December 2010
v101 – Data Migration (or “Avoiding all night progress bar parties”)
(This post is part of a series on "Virtualization 101" -- see the first post for an overall explanation of my approach in this series.) Quick! Who out there loves watching progress bars? I mean, who just thinks "man, what I want to do on a Friday night is watch a progress bar with semi-accurate … Continue reading v101 – Data Migration (or “Avoiding all night progress bar parties”)
Cisco VXI – all together now – “There’s something to this VDI thing”.
It's been about a month now since Cisco announced VXI (PDF overview here)-- think VDI but with the middle letter mixed up for a little bit of originality. For various bits of official analysis (as I don't know that I should claim full "official" status), you can go here (eWeek), here (ZDNet), or here (Brian Madden). … Continue reading Cisco VXI – all together now – “There’s something to this VDI thing”.
v101 – Sayonara to Overnight Server Migrations
(This post is part of a series on "Virtualization 101" -- see the first post for an overall explanation of my approach in this series.) Have you ever suffered through a long hardware migration? Or been responsible for getting budget approval to approve overtime or comp time for those doing the work? (both being painful … Continue reading v101 – Sayonara to Overnight Server Migrations
Think Meta 