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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
  • VMware
  • vCenter
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8 min read

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 …

  • vSphere
  • VMware
  • vCenter
  • 6
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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 …

  • Design
  • Management
  • Architecture
  • Administration
7 min read

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! …

  • vSphere
  • VMware
  • 6
6 min read

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 …

  • Management
  • OpenStack
  • Administration
  • VMware
4 min read

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 …

  • OpenStack
  • Miscellaneous
  • Communities
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Recording of DevOpsDays TLV 2014 Presentation

I would like to share with you the recording of the presentation I gave at DevOpsDays Israel – more information about the presentation can be found here. It was interesting to hear the feedback from …

  • Orchestration
  • Speaker
  • DevOpsDays
  • DevOps
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How Did 2014 Turn Out For You?

60 Blog posts in a 2014 – sometimes I don’t understand how that happens. Is that a lot? A little? I have always said that I do not blog for the sake of blogging, but to share information and my …

  • Blogger
  • Miscellaneous
6 min read

vCenter is Still a Single Point of Failure

A few days ago VMware (Mike Brown, Anil Kapur and Justin King are the authors) announced the updated document for the vCenter Server 5.5 Availability guide. I would like to make clear a few things …

  • Design
  • Management
  • Architecture
  • Administration