Tag Archives: ESX
Intel VT FlexMigration and AMD-V Extended Migration – Enabling Dynamic, Agile Data Centers
Server virtualization/consolidation is becoming a norm and data centers and enterprises are now looking towards the horizon at how to bring dynamic, agile, and flexible capabilities to their IT infrastructure. What I will focus on here is one specific technology … Continue reading
VMware vSphere 4 Step-through
VMware vSphere is an industry leading virtualization platform. Basically it is a software suite composed of applications directed towards managing datacenters through the use of virtualization technology. I’m going to briefly discuss some of the major/core components of vSphere 4. … Continue reading
Symmetrical Multiprocessing in the Physical and Virtual World
The continuous shrinking of transistor size has pushed the limits of how many transistors can be placed on a single die (currently in the millions). In consequence, to utilize the increased amount of transistors, the CPU or “the core” has … Continue reading
Using the VI Java API with VMware ESXi
Earlier this year, when I first thought to test out the VI Java API, I estimated I would spend several hours learning the API just to write a simple test program. I was surprised when in less than two hours, … Continue reading