April 12, 2007 1:39 PM
Posted by: Alex Barrett
Microsoft,
Microsoft Virtual Server,
UncategorizedA couple of months ago at IDC's Virtualization Forum in New York City, I chatted over lunch with Al Gillen, who posited that not only would Microsoft probably not be late with Viridian, code name for Windows Server Virtualization that will ship with Longhorn, but that Microsoft might actually be...
April 6, 2007 7:40 AM
Posted by: Alex Barrett
Uncategorized,
VirtuozzoLast week, I wrote a story entitled Virtuozzo user avoids needless Windows Server licenses. Many of you wrote in to inform me that in fact, the Windows Server licenses that the subject...
April 5, 2007 9:11 AM
Posted by: Akutz
Andrew Kutz,
Uncategorized,
VMwareIn my last post I showed you how to get all the available updates for an ESX 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 server. This post showcases a script that will generate the commands you need to run to update your server with the downloaded patches in the order that they were released. The script, newupdates,...
March 22, 2007 2:55 PM
Posted by: Joe Foran
Joseph Foran,
Uncategorized,
VMwareFrom the desk of totally unimportant and frivlous items (also known as my inbox) came this timely bit of news in the VMTN Technical Newsletter:
"The new VMTN front page gives a dynamic view into the activity on the site and in...
March 22, 2007 2:54 PM
Posted by: Joe Foran
Joseph Foran,
Uncategorized,
VMware,
Xen,
XenSourceAnd tonight on Friday Night Company-Fights:
The Undercard: AMD vs. Intel, Windows vs. Linux, and Pepsi vs. Coke.
The Main Event: XenSource vs. VMware.
Ok, here's my beef. I hate all industry wherein marketing rules over substance, and in this case,...
March 21, 2007 11:53 AM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
UncategorizedThe editors of SearchDataCenter.com, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com and SearchServerVirtualization.com would like to know more about your server and virtualization decisions in order to better serve your needs. Take this brief survey to help us understand...
March 21, 2007 9:41 AM
Posted by: Alex Barrett
Servers,
UncategorizedOne of the overarching questions I've had since I started covering virtualization is how will it influence the kinds of server purchases IT managers make? Is it better to buy several small, slim servers, e.g., blades, or a single large and beefy one? Now we know. Virtualization is prompting IT...
March 16, 2007 3:43 PM
Posted by: Alex Barrett
Uncategorized,
Virtualization management,
XenWhen two qlever, xany technologies meet, who knows what can happen? On Monday, Qlusters, which makes the open source OpenQRM server provisioning and monitoring software, will add official support for Xen, the open-source virtual machine monitor used by XenSource, Red Hat, Novell and...
March 16, 2007 8:25 AM
Posted by: Joe Foran
Joseph Foran,
Uncategorized,
Virtualization platforms,
Virtualization strategies,
VMware,
XenIt looks like the ERP business is finally starting to catch on to the fact that their customers want to use server virtualization to cut costs, reduce downtime, and do all of those nifty things that come with SV. Novell and SAP seem to have sat down and sorted this out. It's almost too bad it was...
