How integrated is blade technology into today’s virtualization solutions?
Blade technologies really help with the density issue in datacenter, which naturally make them a choice for virtualization. While there has been a focus on using blades in virtualization, there is nothing technically inherent about them that would require their use in virtualization. Still, the form factor, chassis backpane integration, and other benefits do fit [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:44 PM
Blade Technology, Microsoft virtualization, Virtualization and hardware, Virtualization strategies
Blade technologies really help with the density issue in datacenter, which naturally make them a choice for virtualization. While there has been a focus on using blades in virtualization, there is nothing technically inherent about them that would require their use in virtualization. Still, the form factor, chassis backpane integration, and other benefits do fit [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:44 PM
Blade Technology, Microsoft virtualization, Virtualization and hardware, Virtualization strategies
Data Center Available
May be a silly question, but has he run an ad in classifieds? Can you share how he is doing now? And how he found his first clients?
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| August 27, 2009 2:41 PM
Data Center Clients, Data center operations
May be a silly question, but has he run an ad in classifieds? Can you share how he is doing now? And how he found his first clients?
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| August 27, 2009 2:41 PM
Data Center Clients, Data center operations
What are some of the differences between physical and virtual servers?
We have found no real difference as far as performance goes. Of course the big difference is that you can set up many servers on one hardware box with the virtual server instead of paying for multiple harware servers. Saves space and power! Moving them from one virtual server esx box to another is simple [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:37 PM
Microsoft virtualization, Physical Server, Virtual Server
We have found no real difference as far as performance goes. Of course the big difference is that you can set up many servers on one hardware box with the virtual server instead of paying for multiple harware servers. Saves space and power! Moving them from one virtual server esx box to another is simple [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:37 PM
Microsoft virtualization, Physical Server, Virtual Server
seeking formal definitions of the software ‘ilities’
Have a look at the following page: <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_System_Quality_Attributes”>List of system quality attributes</a> This document from the people who wrote the SEI-CMM <a href=”http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/95.reports/95.tr.021.html”>here </a>
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| August 27, 2009 2:34 PM
Availability, Reliability, Security, Software performance metrics, Software scalability testing, Software testing models, Software testing tools, Stability
Have a look at the following page: <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_System_Quality_Attributes”>List of system quality attributes</a> This document from the people who wrote the SEI-CMM <a href=”http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/95.reports/95.tr.021.html”>here </a>
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| August 27, 2009 2:34 PM
Availability, Reliability, Security, Software performance metrics, Software scalability testing, Software testing models, Software testing tools, Stability
What to Do?
Time to seek education and certification in the area of whatever is of most insterest to you. Are you interested in working with networking? Server hardware and software support? Routers? Application development? What direction do you wish to pursue? ———————————- The best way is to prove you have up to date knowledge of IT. Certifications [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:28 PM
Career change, Careers, IT career planning, IT careers, Mainframe
Time to seek education and certification in the area of whatever is of most insterest to you. Are you interested in working with networking? Server hardware and software support? Routers? Application development? What direction do you wish to pursue? ———————————- The best way is to prove you have up to date knowledge of IT. Certifications [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:28 PM
Career change, Careers, IT career planning, IT careers, Mainframe
Formula for calculating the power consumption of computers?
Hello, Depending on what you are looking for, or trying to accomplish, you may, or may not need a <a href=”http://thegreenandvirtualdatacenter.com/greenmetrics.html”>formula</a> per se. For example, if all you need to know is how many volts, amps, watts, kva, or btu’s are used by a particular computer or other IT device for that matter, first things [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:24 PM
Data Center power management, Electrical, Power management
Hello, Depending on what you are looking for, or trying to accomplish, you may, or may not need a <a href=”http://thegreenandvirtualdatacenter.com/greenmetrics.html”>formula</a> per se. For example, if all you need to know is how many volts, amps, watts, kva, or btu’s are used by a particular computer or other IT device for that matter, first things [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:24 PM
Data Center power management, Electrical, Power management
intel 945 drivers
What does modprobe e100 give you?
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| August 27, 2009 2:22 PM
Intel, Intel Chipset 945, Intel Chipset Drivers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
What does modprobe e100 give you?
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| August 27, 2009 2:22 PM
Intel, Intel Chipset 945, Intel Chipset Drivers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
What Server to buy?
You should look into FTP packages first. Here are a couple that might work for you <a href=”http://www.grouplogic.com/products/masstransit/”>MassTransit</a> or <a href=”http://www.g6ftpserver.com/”>Gene6 FTP</a> Since this sound like it will be your only server, you should get a moderately beefy server with a good deal of redundant drives and storage. =================== Check out the free <a href=”http://filezilla-project.org/”>Filezilla [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:19 PM
Server Costs, Server Hardware, Server vendors, Servers, Small businesses
You should look into FTP packages first. Here are a couple that might work for you <a href=”http://www.grouplogic.com/products/masstransit/”>MassTransit</a> or <a href=”http://www.g6ftpserver.com/”>Gene6 FTP</a> Since this sound like it will be your only server, you should get a moderately beefy server with a good deal of redundant drives and storage. =================== Check out the free <a href=”http://filezilla-project.org/”>Filezilla [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:19 PM
Server Costs, Server Hardware, Server vendors, Servers, Small businesses
Cat5e and Cat6 unshielded twisted pair cables
CAT-5e is rated to 350M CAT-6 and CAT6e is rated to 550M or 1000M depending on your source Also CAT5e is rated for 100 Mega Bit networks while CAT6 and CAT6e is rated for 1000 Mega Bit networks. There is a handy comparison<a href=”http://www.broadbandutopia.com/caandcaco.html”>here.</a>
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| August 27, 2009 2:16 PM
Cables, Cabling, Cat 5E, CAT 6, Category 5e cable, Category 6 cable, Network cable
CAT-5e is rated to 350M CAT-6 and CAT6e is rated to 550M or 1000M depending on your source Also CAT5e is rated for 100 Mega Bit networks while CAT6 and CAT6e is rated for 1000 Mega Bit networks. There is a handy comparison<a href=”http://www.broadbandutopia.com/caandcaco.html”>here.</a>
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| August 27, 2009 2:16 PM
Cables, Cabling, Cat 5E, CAT 6, Category 5e cable, Category 6 cable, Network cable
how does channel length affect patch cord length?
Patch cord length is more than just a minimum number. It is based on the length of the channel also so that combined the channel does not exceed 100m. There is wire management that can help dress in the slack for a patch cord. What is the length of the total cable channel? More than [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:14 PM
10/100 base Ethernet switch, CAT 6, CAT 6a, Ethernet switching, Network Configuration, Networking, Patch cords
Patch cord length is more than just a minimum number. It is based on the length of the channel also so that combined the channel does not exceed 100m. There is wire management that can help dress in the slack for a patch cord. What is the length of the total cable channel? More than [...]
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| August 27, 2009 2:14 PM
10/100 base Ethernet switch, CAT 6, CAT 6a, Ethernet switching, Network Configuration, Networking, Patch cords
Need help configuring IBM BladeCenter H via Qlogic 6502 FC switches to IBM DS3400 storage array…
How did you finally end up configuring this? Do share your experiences.
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| August 27, 2009 2:10 PM
FC SAN configuration, IBM
How did you finally end up configuring this? Do share your experiences.
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| August 27, 2009 2:10 PM
FC SAN configuration, IBM
SAP-BASIS/Mainframes
Sorry Meandyou, I have worked on both. I-series is as good as mainfram plus simpler to use. Maybe SAP runs better on mainframe, not quite sure. But i-series machines are just great!
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| August 27, 2009 6:54 AM
AS/400 administration, IBM Mainframe, SAP Basis
Sorry Meandyou, I have worked on both. I-series is as good as mainfram plus simpler to use. Maybe SAP runs better on mainframe, not quite sure. But i-series machines are just great!
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| August 27, 2009 6:54 AM
AS/400 administration, IBM Mainframe, SAP Basis
Can you combine two 64 ISDN BRI channels into one 128 line?
It should be doable using Multichassis Multilink PPP (MMP) offered by Cisco IOS. You might have to check the compatibility of features of the IOS and hardware on Cisco sites. Also, you might have to check capability of the Windows NT supplied by the service provider. Hope this helps. -Sudhanshu
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| August 26, 2009 9:58 PM
Bri, channels, Cisco 2621, Cisco Routers, ISDN, ISDN Configuration, ISDN Equipment/Services, Networking, Telecom, Telecommunications
It should be doable using Multichassis Multilink PPP (MMP) offered by Cisco IOS. You might have to check the compatibility of features of the IOS and hardware on Cisco sites. Also, you might have to check capability of the Windows NT supplied by the service provider. Hope this helps. -Sudhanshu
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| August 26, 2009 9:58 PM
Bri, channels, Cisco 2621, Cisco Routers, ISDN, ISDN Configuration, ISDN Equipment/Services, Networking, Telecom, Telecommunications
Windows Server 2008 R2 Itanium version roles
Nope, that’s all that’s available. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/r2-compare-roles.aspx
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| August 26, 2009 8:50 PM
Itanium Servers, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
Nope, that’s all that’s available. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/r2-compare-roles.aspx
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| August 26, 2009 8:50 PM
Itanium Servers, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
The IT job market – Linux vs Windows?
Congrats for your A+ If you opted for Linux there should have been some thoght process behind it. Isn’t it? I know a golden rule “Being a Master in one’s field earns you” If Linux is what interests you go for it witha bang. Specifically, go for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and get your RHCE. [...]
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| August 26, 2009 7:27 PM
IT careers, IT Job Market, IT jobs, Linux administration, Linux vs Windows, Windows administration
Congrats for your A+ If you opted for Linux there should have been some thoght process behind it. Isn’t it? I know a golden rule “Being a Master in one’s field earns you” If Linux is what interests you go for it witha bang. Specifically, go for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and get your RHCE. [...]
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| August 26, 2009 7:27 PM
IT careers, IT Job Market, IT jobs, Linux administration, Linux vs Windows, Windows administration
How has virtual server sprawl, from machines to change control issues, affected you?
I think the biggest issue is security. It is so easy to clone a virtual machine it can be hard to keep track of what machines are still needed and which ones arent. We have tried to stay on top of it and are looking at some vendors who offer solutions to keep track of [...]
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| August 26, 2009 7:23 PM
Change Control, Change control management, Virtual Server Sprawl, Virtual Servers, Virtualization
I think the biggest issue is security. It is so easy to clone a virtual machine it can be hard to keep track of what machines are still needed and which ones arent. We have tried to stay on top of it and are looking at some vendors who offer solutions to keep track of [...]
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| August 26, 2009 7:23 PM
Change Control, Change control management, Virtual Server Sprawl, Virtual Servers, Virtualization
Blade servers for a small business?
All are good vendors but if cost is a major factor, I would recommend you lean towards Dell since they are really focus on the small and medium-size businesses unlike the other vendors. All the vendors will give you everything you want out of performance and features. Dell is the lower cost at first blush, [...]
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| August 26, 2009 6:57 PM
Blade servers, Dell PowerEdge, Dell servers, HP BladeSystem, HP Servers, IBM BladeCenter H, Server Selection, Sun Blade Servers, Sun Servers
All are good vendors but if cost is a major factor, I would recommend you lean towards Dell since they are really focus on the small and medium-size businesses unlike the other vendors. All the vendors will give you everything you want out of performance and features. Dell is the lower cost at first blush, [...]
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| August 26, 2009 6:57 PM
Blade servers, Dell PowerEdge, Dell servers, HP BladeSystem, HP Servers, IBM BladeCenter H, Server Selection, Sun Blade Servers, Sun Servers
Data center cooling solutions
The most power efficient is going to be a system with an airside economizer that uses outside air directly rather than an air conditioned solution. Whether this is practical or not largely depends on you datacenter location. If the air you get from outside is hot, humid and polluted you may have to filter and [...]
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| August 26, 2009 6:43 PM
Data center air conditioning units, Data center cooling, Data center design, Data center design and infrastructure
The most power efficient is going to be a system with an airside economizer that uses outside air directly rather than an air conditioned solution. Whether this is practical or not largely depends on you datacenter location. If the air you get from outside is hot, humid and polluted you may have to filter and [...]
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| August 26, 2009 6:43 PM
Data center air conditioning units, Data center cooling, Data center design, Data center design and infrastructure
What are core areas IT hiring managers are looking for?
I’ll assume you’re looking for entry level jobs. As thats basically where those certs will land you, and they should, thats their job. If you’re aiming for anything higher than Level 1 tech / Jr Admin then you’re aiming too high, you won’t get consideration. Regardless they’re good certs, I hold them, and I think [...]
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| August 26, 2009 6:21 PM
A+, Certifications, IT careers, IT jobs, Network+
I’ll assume you’re looking for entry level jobs. As thats basically where those certs will land you, and they should, thats their job. If you’re aiming for anything higher than Level 1 tech / Jr Admin then you’re aiming too high, you won’t get consideration. Regardless they’re good certs, I hold them, and I think [...]
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| August 26, 2009 6:21 PM
A+, Certifications, IT careers, IT jobs, Network+
Data center fire suppression — what do you use?
Most data centers would normally be protected by FM200 which is waterless. It’s cost effective and won’t damage your IT investments compared to water-based agents. We still use Halon. And I read this statement: Because of the Montreal Protocol, ozone-depleting substances, such as Halon 1301, are no longer used in new fire suppression systems. Governments [...]
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| August 26, 2009 5:26 PM
Data center fire prevention, Data Center Fire Suppression, Fire suppression, Water-Based Data Center Fire Suppression, Waterless Agents
Most data centers would normally be protected by FM200 which is waterless. It’s cost effective and won’t damage your IT investments compared to water-based agents. We still use Halon. And I read this statement: Because of the Montreal Protocol, ozone-depleting substances, such as Halon 1301, are no longer used in new fire suppression systems. Governments [...]
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| August 26, 2009 5:26 PM
Data center fire prevention, Data Center Fire Suppression, Fire suppression, Water-Based Data Center Fire Suppression, Waterless Agents
