The musings of an IT Consultant:

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June 30, 2009  3:12 PM

Direct Connect SAS storage for HP Blades



Posted by: Raj Perumal
blade servers, blades, C Class, C3000, C7000, consolidation, DAS, Direct Connect SAS Storage, FC, Fiber Channel, Fibre Channel, HP BladeSystem, iSCSI, SAN, Storage, storage area network

Hello again folks, in the SMB world, especially during these economic times, we can't always spend all the money we want on storage. Generally customers are limited to looking at some pretty low end storage options. I have always been a proponent of usings Blades in the SMB along with...

March 17, 2009  2:20 AM

Consolidating Large Data Centers with PlateSpin Recon



Posted by: Raj Perumal
consolidation, Novell, PlateSpin Recon, statistical analysis, virtualization planning, workload analysis, workload profiling

Hi folks, sometimes virtualizing your servers can be a daunting task. Especially if you have tons of servers you need to wade through to get the job done. How can you make this task easier? PlateSpin Recon of course! PlateSpin Recon is owned by Novell, and they have a great product on their...


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