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Virtual Data Center e-zine - volume 3 - including articles by David Davis

TechTarget’s Virtual Data Center e-zine is a huge electronic magazine specializing in virtualization. Recently, the new volume 3 was released and there is a 9 page article, authored by David Davis (that’s me).

If you are interested at all in virtualization, reading this free online magazine is a great way to start learning. Or, if you are an experienced virtualization admin, you will learn a lot in this volume!

Please checkout the TechTarget Virtual Data Center e-zine - volume 3

David’s new websites - HappyRouter.com & VMwareVideos.com

I wanted to take a moment to let everyone know that my personal website, HappyRouter.com has  whole new look! We have new Cisco training videos posted, tons of Cisco articles, a RSS feed, and a Cisco-oriented newsletter.

Additionally, I have launched a new website devoted just to VMware and Video training. I have a ton of VMware-related videos posted on the site and much more to offer to any VMware ESX Server or VMware Server Administrator. If you are interested in VMware, you should add VMwareVideos.com to your RSS Feed subscriptions!

I hope you will take a moment to check out Happy Router & VMwareVideos!

Learn how Train Signal’s FREE Training website can help you

Train Signal makes some excellent video training products (covering Windows 2008, Cisco, and much more) but I want to take a second to talk about their sister site - Train Signal Training.com (called TST).

At Train Signal Training, they have a lot of experts who make daily blog posts covering all sorts of Windows, Microsoft office, and Cisco networking topics.  For example, there are tips on how to get a networking job, tips on how to do a address label merge in Word 2007, and many more.  What is most impressive is how their writers deliver these real-world and very useful tips.

Please take a second to check out Train Signal Training and sign up for their free newsletter or RSS feed.

Microsoft & VMware Virtualization Throwdown!

Okay, I know that this is a Cisco networking blog but I thought that this topic was so very interesting, I couldn’t resist but to post it. After this, I promise, I will get back to Cisco Networking….

I recently read a post by a Microsoft employee, Dave Northey. He was making all kinds claims about how Microsoft’s Windows Server Virtualization (WSV) was better than VMware ESX Server 3i.

Not surprisingly, there was a barrage of responders defending VMware. Although I didn’t post on his blog (because I would rather post over here), I do feel that VMware needs to be defended because they have a REAL enterprise grade product that you can buy today (and have been able to buy for many years). How can Microsoft say that their product is better when it isn’t even released to production yet? And how can they say that it is better when it hasn’t been proven in the Enterprise? I mean, you could install WSV and it could be completely insecure and unstable. VMware ESX is proven and used by hundreds of thousands of customers around the world.

To get someone’s take who is “in the know” on this topic, I checked in with Alessandro Perilli on this. He runs the Virtualization.info blog and is by far the best independant expert on virtualization that I know of. He said that, so far, this appears opinionated “our beta is better than your proven product” stance on Microsoft vs VMware appers to be limited to only this one Microsoft employee.

Have you tried either Windows Server Virtualization or VMware ESX 3i? (ESX 3i was handed out at VMworld and, you can try WSV by initializing it in the Win 2008 RC0 OS)

If you do try them - I recommend running them inside VMware Workstation (my favorite for OS testing). In fact, I recently created a video on how to run VMware ESX 3i Beta inside VMware Workstation (no more dedicated hardware or server).

Sound off your opinions in the comment section below!

The next post will be back to Cisco Networking!

All the best to you,
David Davis, CCIE, VCP, CISSP

Personal Website: HappyRouter.com - home of Cisco how-to articles & videos
David Recommends:
HappyRouter Cisco VMware Workstation & Server Video Training Series
HappyRouter Cisco CCNA & CCNP Video Training Series