OpenStack Israel CFP Voting is Open
I would like to bring to your attention that the voting for the sessions for the upcoming OpenStack Israel Summit on June 15th, 2015 is now open. Make your voice heard and participate in setting the …
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Subscribe via RSS →The Chef’s Special and Trusted Solutions
It is funny where one gets the idea for a blog post from. I was sitting in a restaurant last month in San Jose, one of the only two kosher ones in the area, and I ordered the chef’s special. So it was …
Installing OpenStack CLI clients on Mac OSX
I usually have a Linux VM that I use to perform some of my remote management tasks, such a OpenStack CLI commands. But since I now have a Mac (and yes I am in enjoying it!!) I thought why not do it …
Deploying the VCSA 6.0 Appliance directly into vCenter
Hey… Is that even possible? It seems that it is not – at least that is what I heard this week over Twitter. The documentation also says the same thing. When trying to put in a vCenter as the target …
vSphere 6.0 Release Notes - Part 2
This is the second half of my thoughts on the vSphere 6.0 release notes. Part 1 can be found here Disclaimer: These are my own thought and ramblings. I think they should be questions you should be …
vSphere 6.0 is here. Read the Release Notes!!
I make the time whenever a product is released to go over the release notes – because there are always tidbits of information there that you should know about and usually it will save you time in the …
vCenter is Still a Single Point of Failure - An Update
My previous post vCenter is Still a Single Point of Failure caused a decent amount of discussion on Twitter and comments on the blog. I am actually glad about that because it raised a point that I …
Is SMP Fault Tolerance Even Useful?
Last week I got into a very interesting Twitter conversation regarding whether FT is a solution worth using and why. The short version of this post – in my honest opinion the answer is a definite NO! …
VMware Integrated OpenStack - Cost Analysis
VMware announced last week the launch of VIO and there are a number of things that I think people are missing and should be pointed out. The information I have taken is from the Datasheet and publicly …
The OpenStack Elections - Another Look
The Board of directors and the bylaws were approved. Summary posts can be found here (2015 Individual Director Election results) and here (Bylaws amendments approved). Individual Directors Tim Bell …