March 31, 2010 10:50 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
network,
routing and switching,
standardization,
vendorsHi there, so if you're from the world of routing and switching you've probably run into this before. Dueling vendors in the same data center for network equipment.
So everything supports the same standards but for some reason you can't get different network equipment to play nice? Welcome to the...
March 31, 2010 10:45 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
521,
526,
Cisco access point,
mobility express,
wireless lan controllerHi folks, here's a common question I get regarding managed wireless access points. How do I get cheap wireless that is managed for a low budget?
The answer is the Cisco Wireless Express solution! Normally I would recommend a wireless lan controller that manages it's access points from the 2000...
March 31, 2010 10:39 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
jumbo frames,
network speed,
slow backups,
VirtualizationHi folks, I want to talk about slow backups and virtualization. Sometimes we encounter problems where people have tried to setup backups but they are having problems with the speed of the backups to their network attached storage.
So what is a person to do? Well check to see if you have enabled...
March 31, 2010 10:33 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
buying,
laptop,
purchasing laptopHi folks! So working in consulting I sometimes see people buy or want quotes on laptops that are well beyond what they need.
There are a lot of sleazy sales types out there that will be happy to sell you on the most expensive thing in their inventory and won't bother to question you on how you...
March 31, 2010 10:28 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
Enterprise Virtual Array,
EVA,
Fiber Channel,
HP,
SANSo for those businesses that need critical storage for those critical apps, what do you do? There are a plethora of storage options out there, but the ones you need for those really critical applications can cost an arm and a leg.
Well I wanted to tell you a little bit about the HP EVA. This is...
March 31, 2010 10:24 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
NT Backup,
Windows backupHi folks, so with all the crazy and cool software packages out there, we often overlook some of the simplest things right in front of our noses.
In this case I'm talking about NT backup, or Windows backup as it's commonly referred to. This is the built-in backup into every Windows operating...
March 31, 2010 10:19 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
Cisco Live!,
Cisco Networkers,
conference,
Las VegasHi folks! So coming up this year again is the North American version of Cisco Live! This is Cisco's yearly conference that contains all the great stuff that is Cisco!
Cisco Live is a great place to learn about all the new and current things Cisco as well as to meet like minded individuals in the...
March 31, 2010 10:13 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
Kaseya,
Managed Services,
monitoring,
slow serverHi folks, here's an interesting problem I ran into. I recently had some complaints about something causing some slow server issues. Having never seen this before I decided to investigate further.
After investigating I found that there were a bunch of snmpget.exe requests running on the server...
March 31, 2010 10:09 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
iSCSI,
QNAP nasSo I've been using the QNAP NAS for quite some time now as per my previous blog posts. I just waned to post an update for you guys.
This device is great! If you need a cheap san for secondary storage or for a home lab environment it is great! The device does take some time to initially provision...
