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From the "about time" bucket ...
29 August 08 09:14 AM | adhall | 0 Comments   

Support for Microsoft Server Applications when virtualised has been a bone of contention since VMware ESX was released, taking the hypervisor into mainstream. The question has always been raised ... Why? There are very good and valid reasons why not, Read More...

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Virtual Machine Density
12 July 08 05:35 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

I saw an RSS feed drift through my Outlook the other day, I read the brief synopsis and thought that it would make an interesting Blog.  Then I lost it and forgot about it.  Now it just came back from whence it went. Virtual machine density Read More...

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Server Virtualisation just got Commoditised
27 June 08 08:02 AM | adhall | 0 Comments   

With the Release of Hyper-V the Virtualisation game has been fundamentally changed. Hyper-V provides an Enterprise level of platform Virtualisation out of the box with Server 2008.  This is bringing the technology to the masses. I’ll write more soon Read More...

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Chalk and Cheese - Live Migration and Quick Migration
21 April 08 01:54 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

In this final blog in this series, I'll take a look at the differences between the VMware Live Migration and the Microsoft Quick Migration. They really are not comparable. Yet. I wrote about The Reality of Moving Running Virtual Machines in Part I of Read More...

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Virtual Machine Failover in the event of a Host Failure
16 April 08 01:29 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

In Part II of this series, I'm going to take a look at some considerations for coping with a physical Host failure. And by this I mean a catastrophic failure where the server moves directly from Powered On to Powered Off status. A key question in your Read More...

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The Reality of Moving Running Virtual Machines
12 April 08 11:05 AM | adhall | 1 Comments   

The next 3 Blogs will be on a common theme - High Availability for a Virtual Environment. The Reality of Moving Running Virtual Machines (this blog) Virtual Machine Failover in the event of a Host Failure Chalk and Cheese - Live Migration and Quick Migration Read More...

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Virtualisation: Part II - Applications
08 April 08 09:37 PM | adhall | 1 Comments   

When it comes to Application Virtualisation, Softgrid is probably the most mature product on the market. This was a very astute purchase by Microsoft and I think is the crown jewel in the Microsoft Virtualisation solution set. The only challenge that Read More...

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Virtualisation: Part I - Platform
08 April 08 09:33 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

Prior to working at Microsoft, I worked for a system integrator who promoted and deployed a significant number of VMware ESX solutions. Shock, horror, I have a (shhhh) past. This is of course because VMware has a strong pedigree in Virtualisation platforms Read More...

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