I had a project where I had to do a decent sized data center conversion without a lot formal planning. We had a SaaS product offering built on a VMware infrastructure that was bigger than the demand for the product. So we decided to leverage the extra capacity by doing a data center consolidation. WeContinue reading “P2V Migration Thoughts”
Author Archives: Keith Townsend
Cloud vs. Virtualization
I tend to define Cloud Computing as anything that provides services to the Enterprise via the Internet or Private connection and is supported and maintained by a 3rd party.
Why No True Network Virtualization
I don’t know something like what Extreme has been doing for the past few years …
What is Application Virtualization
This is a pretty good article explaining application virtualization here. I think all the virtualization terms can get rather confusing. I first got introduced to application virtualization through Altiris a few years ago. I thought it was a good platform for us IT folks that would commonly install and uninstall tools for testing on ourContinue reading “What is Application Virtualization”
ESX inside of VMware Workstation
I was talking with a VMware ISV Health Evangelist the other day and he mentioned with VMWare Workstation 7 you can now run vSphere 4 inside of VMware and have nested virtual machines. I thought that was curious as I have 6.5 and had heard you could already do it. Why in the world wouldContinue reading “ESX inside of VMware Workstation”
Hello world!
Over the past year I’ve tried to label my core professional brand. I cut my teeth as a Novell Netware Server administrator over a decade ago. Since, I’ve had job responsibilities that have included Windows Server administration, Network Design & Implementation, Desktop Engineering, e-Mail implementation, Project Management and the list goes on and on. IContinue reading “Hello world!”