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April 15, 2008  1:00 PM

VMWare Player:My ears are still ringing!



Posted by: Troy Tate
Linux, Performance, Security, tools, troubleshooting, Virtualization, vmware

Wow! I didn't know my laptop could have such loud alerts. Yesterday, I shutdown a virtual machine in VMWare's VMPlayer application. As soon as I clicked the shutdown button in the guest OS, my laptop let out...

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April 8, 2008  2:21 PM

VoIP, IPT, QOS, COS, on and on – Oh My!



Posted by: Troy Tate
DataCenter, howto, LAN, Monitoring, Performance, VoIP

Well, well, well, so you want to implement voice over IP or IP telephony. You have heard it is going to give you some great cost savings and make your life easier. Hmmmm... upon further thought, the idea of implementing this technology frightens you and I totally understand why. I have...

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April 2, 2008  6:22 PM

Researching Network TAPs – an end to network blindness? (part 2)



Posted by: Troy Tate
LAN, Monitoring, Network TAPs, Networking, Performance, WAN

As expected there are several different manufacturers and models that can handle this task. The reseller I spoke with suggested three different devices from two different manufacturers. Network Instruments nTAP - This is the particular device that initially captured my interest in this type of...

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