Array Networks Inc., a global leader in application delivery networking, today announced the immediate availability of its new APV 800 Series multi-tenant virtualized application delivery appliances and vAPV soft-ADCs. Powered by Array’s award-winning 64-bit SpeedCore™ platform, these new products give enterprises and service providers the ability to run multiple instances of Array APV Series application… Continue reading Array Unveils New Virtualized App Delivery Appliances and Software Delivery Controllers
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Hortonworks Delivers Proven High-Availability Solution for Apache Hadoop
Hortonworks, a leading commercial vendor promoting the innovation, development and support of Apache Hadoop, today announced the availability of an enterprise-proven, high-availability (HA) solution for Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 1.0 that empowers operations teams deploying Hadoop on VMware vSphere® with an HA solution that is proven and readily available in the enterprise. Hortonworks and VMware… Continue reading Hortonworks Delivers Proven High-Availability Solution for Apache Hadoop
DataCore Integrates Storage Hypervisor Management with VMware vCenter
DataCore Software today announced that it has released new plug-in software to integrate the powerful enterprise-wide storage management capabilities of DataCore’s SANsymphony™-V Storage Hypervisor with VMware vCenter™ Server. The management plug-in software is available immediately for download to all SANsymphony-V customers. VMware vCenter is the de facto standard for managing VMware virtual infrastructures and the… Continue reading DataCore Integrates Storage Hypervisor Management with VMware vCenter
VMware vCenter 5 Installation Fails / Error code 1603
In preparation for VCP-510 exam since I passed VCP4 couple of days ago, I am in process of upgrading my vsphere 4.1 home lab to vSphere 5.0 and started upgrading vCenter yesterday. Apparently, during the initial installation, as vCenter 5 install is about to complete, it gave me an error: Installation Completed The Wizard was… Continue reading VMware vCenter 5 Installation Fails / Error code 1603
F5 Enhances VDI offerings from Citrix, VMware, and Microsoft
F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced support for leading virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions, including Citrix XenDesktop, VMware View, Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, and others. For customers using VDI technologies, F5 offers a unified and comprehensive approach to manage and accelerate network traffic, optimize performance, and centralize… Continue reading F5 Enhances VDI offerings from Citrix, VMware, and Microsoft
How to enable iSCSI and Jumbo Frames on VMware ESX/ESXi
I am redoing my lab at home (more on that in coming weeks) and wanted to test out jumbo frames support in vmware esxi with my iSCSI NAS device. This article by vmware provides information related to setting up a NAS (Network Attached Storage) and an iSCSI environment with Jumbo Frames. Note: Jumbo Frames on… Continue reading How to enable iSCSI and Jumbo Frames on VMware ESX/ESXi
Using the VMware vCenter Database Pre-Upgrade Checker
Before you upgrade vCenter Server, you can run the VMware vCenter Database Pre-Upgrade Checker on your current vCenter Server database to reveal problems that could prevent the upgrade or affect the performance of your database after the upgrade. You can use the Pre-Upgrade Checker for the following upgrades: On a VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6 or… Continue reading Using the VMware vCenter Database Pre-Upgrade Checker
Voice Over IP (VoIP) Performance Evaluation on VMware vSphere 5
The majority of business-critical applications such as Web applications, database servers, and enterprise messaging systems have been successfully virtualized, proving the benefits of virtualization for reducing cost and streamlining IT management. However, the adoption of virtualization in the area of latency-sensitive applications has been slow partly due to unsubstantiated performance concerns. By taking VoIP service… Continue reading Voice Over IP (VoIP) Performance Evaluation on VMware vSphere 5