Fight the FUD: Data Corruption, Torn IO, Write Ordering and More
There is a lot of FUD about Data Corruption, Torn IO, Write Ordering and other aspects when using…
Nutanix Web Scale IT Now with All Flash and Metro Availability
Nutanix Web Scale NoSAN now meets NoDisk. I didn’t know that the band Queen could predict the future…
VMworld Europe 2014 Keynotes Summary
I’ve always enjoyed visiting Europe and every year when I visit Barcelona for VMworld it is special. It…
Oracle FUD – The Phantom Menace: Licensing on VMware vSphere
I have written about the Oracle FUD when it comes to virtualized environments quite a bit before. Now…
Exchange Best Practices and 1.4Million Mailboxes on Nutanix NX-8150
Nutanix has recently published a Best Practice Guide for Mictosoft Exchange on VMware vSphere and Josh Odgers explains some…
From Zero to 240 Hosts and 5000 VM’s in just over 2 Days
Nutanix is synonymous with Web Scale Converged Infrastructure, which brings a simpler, easier and much faster model for deploying…
Customer Example: SQL Server and Oracle on Nutanix Web Scale Converged Infrastructure
I’ve recently been working with one of our large customers that has been virtualizing SQL Server and Oracle…
Oracle Databases on Web-Scale Infrastructure
As I type this I’m flying 36,000 feet above Australia on my way to Singapore. It’s great now…
Data Destructive Storage Firmware Upgrade in 2014? Surely not!
I had heard the murmurs through the ether that something might be up. But it was at that…
Get Your Monster VM Fix Before VMworld 2014 – Chance to Win Free Ticket to VMworld Europe
Although my Monster VM panel was in the top 10 sessions of VMworld 2013 and we did a…