Hardware

I have started using the Riverbed Service Platform or RSP on the 1050h Steelhead appliances. So the appliance has Vmware Server running as a service with dedicated ram and disk space depending on the model
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This document outlines the process for installing and configuring the HP P4500 SAN Appliance. This document is NOT meant for the HP VSA. This document assumes that the audience has the basic skills and knowledge of storage area networks.
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I got an overview of Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) from the Cisco rep today. Being used to HP blades I didn't have high hopes for what Cisco would have to offer. After the meeting I'd have to that it looks like they have done their home work. Now, I haven't seen anything other...
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On April 5 HP will release a new addition to the P4000 product line named the P4000 Unified NAS Gateway. This feature adds file-level storage to the P4000 iSCSI SAN family.
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A few week ago the WAN guys came to me about these new Riverbed hardware appliances that can host vmware guests. If you don’t know Riverbed has a great products for WAN optimization. Our WAN team deploys these Steelhead hardware appliances, models vary, in redundant pairs and it’s really worked well in our company and has enhanced...
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HP recently announced their new flex10 virtual connect modules for the cClass line of blade enclosures. With the flex10 and the latest G6 module blade servers you could leverage some great technology. Two of the main reasons for me looking at flex10 was the functionality of taken the default two onboard network ports and...
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This documentation was created to show the process for installing ESX server 3.x software from Vmware using a scripted install iso created with esxdeploy_u4.py (esxisobuilder) from thehyperadvisor.com.
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I have some new toys for our lab this week. The HP BL495c G5 blade, Flex 10 virtual connect modules for network, and fiber virtual connect modules for storage. I can’t say enough about the cClass blade server line and architecture. They are very easy to manage and are very reliable. I have been...
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This document is high level outline of how to setup and configured ESX 3.x Enterprise and Virtual Center 2.5 with HP cClass Blades (BL460c). These configurations are to help ensure a robust, high available, and scalable virtual environment. This document assumes that the user has some knowledge of Vmware Infrastructure 3 (VI3) and does...
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Looks like iPhone OS 3.0 is coming within the next few months and with it a possible new device. I currently own the first gen iPhone. I planned to skip over the iPhone 3G and wait it out until that next device that really gave me more. That wait could be coming to an...
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