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Category Archives: data center
A Black Box For Your Virtual Environment
Every time you hear about a plane crash on the news, the big thing they focus on apart from the casualities is finding the “black box”. The “black box” is nothing more than a flight data recorder. A variety of … Continue reading
Posted in data center, monitoring, vendors, virtualization
Tagged datacenter, monitoring, vendors, virtualization
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Some Tradeoffs Are Worth It
I like tools. The more complex they are, the better. I can easily spend an hour in a hardware store like Lowe’s or Home Depot and never leave the tool aisle. If it has laser beams, sharp blades, and requires … Continue reading
Posted in contest, data center, virtualization
Tagged datacenter, design, network management, virtualization
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Data Center Blender
I remember the first time I saw a storage area network(SAN). It was 2001 and my employer had just purchased 3 Dell(EMC) SANs. I worked for the US military at the time, so the three SANs were for 3 networks … Continue reading
HP Networking – Part 3
If you haven’t read them already, here’s part 1 and part 2 of my HP posts. Those 2 posts focused more on the marketing aspect of HP and networking. My intent in this post is to discuss more of the … Continue reading
Tech Field Day 5 Is Over. Now What?
I made it back to Nashville before noon on Saturday. A cross country red eye flight with a short layover in Atlanta put me into Nashville just in time. I was able to get a few hours with my kids, … Continue reading
Posted in career, data center, learning, vendors
Tagged career, datacenter, technology, vendors
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Wrapping My Head Around The Nexus1000v – Part 1
****Note – I am NOT in any way shape or form a VMware expert. I can’t guarantee you that I will be 100% correct in my terminology or representation of VMware, VMotion, VSphere, etc. I apologize in advance. I am … Continue reading
Posted in 1000v, cisco, data center, nexus, virtualization
Tagged 1000v, datacenter, nexus, virtualization
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