(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”)

(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

As an engineer, it's often tempting to focus on the "new cool stuff". And also as an engineer, the new cool items are often rather esoteric -- new capabilities or features that people outside of our field can't readily comprehend (simply as they don't do this stuff every day - quick, tell me how DRS … Continue reading v101, Virtualization for Business 101 (aka “I’m a manager…why should I care?”)