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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
Posted in AMD, Intel, Networking, Processors/CPUs, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware
Tagged AMD, AMD CPUs, AMD-V, AMD‐V Extended Migration, CPU, CPUs, Data Centers, Enhanced VMotion Compatibility, ESX, ESX 3.5, ESX 3.5 Update 2, ESXi, EVC, hypervisor, Intel, Intel CPUs, Intel VT, Intel VT FlexMigration, Live Migration, virtual machine, virtual machines, VM, vms, vmware, VMware Enhanced VMotion Compatibility, VMWare ESX, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2, VMware ESXi, vmware vmotion
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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
Posted in Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Tagged Cisco Nexus 1000V, Cloud Computing, Consolidated Backup, Distributed Resource Scheduler, enterprise level virtualization, enterprise virtualization, ESX, ESXi, Fault Tolerance, High Availability, Hot Add, hypervisor, SMP, Storage VMotion, Thin Provisioning, vCenter Orchestrator, Virtual Symmetric Multi-Processing, VirtualCenter, virtualization, VMDirectPath, vMotion, vmware, VMWare ESX, VMware ESXi, VMware vSphere, vNetwork Distributed Switch, vShield Zones, vSphere, vSphere 4
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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
Posted in Java, Programming Languages, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Tagged ESX, ESXi, VI Java API, VI SDK, virtual machine, vmware
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