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Check out the great content in our new “Guest Bloggers” section

Aaron Sweemer — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:30:41 +0000

I’m very happy to report that since I posted You got somethin’ to say?! (an invitation for virtualization and cloud computing professionals to be guest bloggers here at Virtual Insanity), we’ve received an awesome response. It turns out that there are many individuals who, like us, have something valuable to share but little time to [...]

Become a Virtualization Linchpin

Scott Sauer — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:26:51 +0000

Introduction A fellow VMware Engineer recommended a book to me recently titled “Linchpin” by Seth Godin. The book has nothing to do with VMware or virtualization but it hits home for me because it highlights a lot of topics that I find applicable to our industry. I could not ignore this as a relevant force [...]

Two Garbage Cans are Better Than One – .NET

vTrooper — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:47:09 +0000

– The vTrooper Report – I was asked a question about a specific use case where a second vCPU should be added to a VM in a Virtualized environment. Generally its an easy answer; If the server can execute multiple threads and really uses the second vCPU for that other tread then it’s probably OK [...]

With a little help from my friends

Guest Blogger — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:51:11 +0000

Welcome Brandon Riley Sr. Distributed Systems Engineer, Clearing House Payments Company Throughout the vBlogosphere these days, a common refrain is often heard. vProphets are shouting from their vRooftops that we IT people need to radically diversify our skill sets if we hope to survive in the age of the cloud. No longer will there be [...]

VMware wants to hear from you about the vSphere Java API

Aaron Sweemer — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:36:49 +0000

If you have read Easy vSphere Web Apps with Grails and the VI Java API or Easy VMware Development with VI Java API and Groovy then you know I’m a big fan of Steve Jin’s vSphere Java API. And I recently received the following email … Folks, We are running a survey to better understand [...]

Six P’s and None the Richer

Guest Blogger — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:57:25 +0000

Welcome Kelly Culwell! Solution Architect, InterWorks A few years ago, I attended a VMware classroom training session (I think it was VI 3 ICM) and learned a lot. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the name of the instructor, but he included a bit of wisdom that I will carry with me always, and that is the [...]

Give Me the Whole Core and Nothing but the Whole Core

Jeff Szastak — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:20:27 +0000

Greetings Virtual Insanity readers! My name is Jeff and I am Sr. Systems Engineer / Solutions Specialist at VMware. I specialize in virtualizing messaging systems (Microsoft Exchange, Zimbra), databases (Microsoft SQL), ESX Performance, and Security. My posts are my thoughts at the time I write them and do not reflect those of my employer. I [...]

Understanding ESX/ESXi Equivalency…Are we there yet?

Thomas Mackay — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:50:41 +0000

So I am often asked the question “how does this work in ESXi?” from my customers, especially around HW or management agents equivalency. So I hope to make the answer a bit more clear for everyone… It is public knowledge that ESX is evolving to a pure ESXi model in the future release cycles of [...]

You got somethin’ to say?!

Aaron Sweemer — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:16:30 +0000

You may have noticed over the past few years there have been a number of authors here at Virtual Insanity. Some have contributed only once or twice. Others contribute (or plan to contribute) on a regular basis. In fact, there are now seven authors who call Virtual Insanity home (ordered by number of posts) … [...]

VMware with a Modular Desktop View

Scott Sauer — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:45:59 +0000

Introduction I come from a family of artists and I thought some of that intrinsic genetic value kind of flowed in the blood, but by my white boarding skills (illustrated above) apparently that isn’t the case. I promise I will work on my happy little trees as time permits (Bob Ross reference) and try to [...]