Articles tagged with virtualization

1. LinkedIn: What is the Cloud?

   Posted on August 01, 2011 in IT Management

   A really interesting discussion has been going on in the LinkedIn IT Architect group. If you aren't a member of the group, I highly recommend you join. The question that fired off the discussion was, "Is 'the cloud' just another name for a hosted / out-sourced (web application) service? If not …

2. IT Staff Reduction Isn't Happening

   Posted on June 24, 2011 in IT Management

   ReadWriteWeb is highlighting the recent hubbub around the fact that IT staffs aren't shrinking despite the rapid adoption of cloud computing. It's always been assumed that outsourcing IT infrastructure would result in reductions in IT staffing. Although that is still generally assumed to be the future, recent studies have shown …

3. ab Results Before and After Server Move

   Posted on May 25, 2011 in System Administration

   

   Behold, the benefits of virtualization!

   I spent most of the evening preparing to move a few websites. I decided to do some benchmarking just to see what sort of improvement I was getting from the new server setup. Although the old server didn't feel slow when browsing sites, the results …

4. Ubuntu: Installing VMware Tools in 10.04 LTS

   Posted on May 23, 2011 in System Administration

   Although this process is well documented on the Ubuntu community site, I decided to take notes of the exact steps that I took so that I wouldn't have to fumble through that long document next time. I'm installing the tools in a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS …

5. How Big is the World of Cloud Computing?

   Posted on May 02, 2011 in System Administration

   

   Via: Wikibon

6. The Influences Driving Virtualization

   Posted on May 02, 2011 in IT Management

   The Influences Driving Virtualization is a new white paper from the guys at ReadWriteWeb. I recently downloaded and read through it. If you're curious about virtualization, but aren't sure about giving up your contact info to ReadWriteWeb, here are some notes about what you'll find after you download.

   "Organizations that …

7. Are You Getting Started with VMware vCenter Chargeback Pricing Matrices?

   Posted on April 19, 2011 in Software

   In vCenter Chargeback version 1.6, VMware added the ability to define a pricing matrix for virtual machines in a virtual data center (vDC). A pricing matrix associates a fixed cost with the virtual machine based on the number of allocated vCPUs and RAM. If you're implementing a bundle-based pricing …

8. VirtualBox 4.0.4 Has Arrived

   Posted on February 17, 2011 in Software

   Oracle announced the release of VirtualBox 4.0.4 today. This maintenance release addresses many bugs experienced by hosts of all operating systems. You can find a full list of fixes and additions in the Changelog.

   I use VirtualBox on both my Macs for my various testing needs. If you've …

9. VirtualBox 3.2.10 Released

   Posted on October 08, 2010 in Software

   Oracle's VirtualBox 3.2.10 was released today. This another maintenance release for 3.2 that includes a wide variety of bug fixes. Check out the Changelog for more details.

   I use VirtualBox on both my Macs for my various testing needs. If you've got a favorite desktop virtualization program …

10. XenServer 5.6 cdrommon Consumes All CPU Resources

    Posted on September 01, 2010 in System Administration

    Users of Citrix XenServer 5.6 are experiencing a problem where the cdrommon process begins consuming all CPU resources and affecting virtual machine performance. Using 'top' or 'ps auwx' from dom0 shows that the process is consuming 99% or more CPU resources. Users of Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) 0.5 …