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beta 1.2 release esximo free esxi backup storage appliance
beta 1.2 release esximo esxi backup storage appliance New in this release – upgrade support from the installation menus. So you can re-add your existing data to a new appliance deployment. Fixes in this release – reverted to hardware version 7, to support esxi 4.x – automatic expand support for increased size vmdk disks click […]
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vmware replication deployment scenarios and best practice management
NEW vmware Replication Enhancements & Best Practices This is a great set of slides about vmware replication, and its uses, and relationship to SRM. The slides are a great discovery journey of the features, non features, the uses of vmware replication. At the end, it has some nice diagrams of deployment scenarios. It is NOT […]
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Free esXimo VMware Backup Software
esXimo is proud to release beta 1.1 of our free VMware esxi backup software. It is called esXimo virtual storage appliance. At a basic level , it makes VMware backup a breeze. But it does loads more than that, including storage acceleration, compression, snapshots, backup, VMware replication and cloud replication. The storage appliance is a […]
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The Top 10 Strategic CIO Issues For 2013
Great article from forbes about the top CIO issues for 2013 I was interested to see how CIOs seem interested in exciting new technologies, like social, big data, aligning for engagement, cloud and innovation. But the reality seems to be they are a cost centre for the business. So streamlining , cutting budget and saving […]
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avoid vsphere 5.1 known PSOD crashes
Vsphere 5.1 has some nasty bugs, that will give you purple screen of death. ever got one of these on your server ? it will strike fear into the hearts of most IT managers I had this appear on a server, after a few hours of vsphere 5.1 and a few lightly used VMs VMware […]
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vmware replication is free, and reduces the cost of disaster recovery
Vmware has given away their vmware replication product with version 5.1. The vmware replication component is available with any of their licenced packages of vsphere, including right down to foundation plus. (see the licencing details here http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/compare-editions.html) No need to buy third party tools, software, SAN replication functions, vmware replication just built into vmware. You need […]
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how fast is vmware replication ? and how to speed it up
It looks like 10-20Mbps is what you can expect to transfer per virtual disk. The limiting factors include storage performance (derr!!), bandwidth available (double derr !!), and latency (a bit less obvious), and the replication buffers (the secret sauce). one source shows 11Mbps with a 55ms latency for a single VM disk replicating. The more […]
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vmware releases new nfs storage best practices
The NFS best practices talks a lot about failover and link aggregation. It has some setup values for advanced settings, but nothing spectacular. It’s interesting to note, all data transfer to/from a single datastore is over a single TCP session. As always layer 2 limitations of a single NIC is your most likely throughput limitation. There […]
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vmware replication howto
This is a short video on how to replicate a VM What it doesnt show are the install/setup steps – which include deploying a VM template. The replication feature is great, fast , reliable, easy to configure. It also has a cool dashboard to show you status. What else can you ask for ? We […]
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vmware announces new backup product
Vsphere data protection advanced was just announced. Cant quite work out the technical difference. It might be the way in which it works out the changed blocks, I know the existing VDP product seems to use snapshots, perhaps the VDP advanced is doing something smarter like the vmware replication tool uses (which apparently stores a […]
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VMware software online cloud backup client launched
Esximo has release a simple and cost effective solution to vmware backup. You can download the software for a free trial. You get a simple install, backup vmware virtual machines from multiple hosts, with all the dedupe and aes encryption goodies.
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9 steps to a Disaster Recovery DR plan
Here is our model for building a responsible DR plan. Many people just start bunging technology together. Without a sensible plan and discussion up front, everyone will have different opinions. 1. Management Buy in 2. Perform business impact analysis 3. Risk Assessment 4. Examine regulatory compliance requirements for your industry 5. define RPO (recovery point […]
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business likely to be bankrupt after IT disasters
90% of business’s that lose access to their data or data centre for 10 days, go bankrupt within 1 year – US National archives and records Most application servers are located in the same datacentre as the primary servers. I often find it funny, that people have offsite tape backups, but no plan to recover […]
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VMware esxi backup using VMware data recovery 2.0
VMware data recovery is a great tool, easy to use, and easy to manage. Vmware data recovery is a little odd to install. I dont hear many people talking about it, but once you try it, you’ll be hooked. Please note, its NOT DRS or SDRS, which has similar initials, but completely different tool. VMware […]
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Legal issues with cloud computing
Are you aware, that when your servers or data is in another geography, that the servers and data are covered under a different legal jurisdiction ? For example, if your servers are in the US, the FBI may have access to audit communications, and apply to a court to access your data. How about the […]
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SSDs are becoming more competitive
Just saw this advert for an SSD drive. It shows prices are coming down, and speeds are going up. ALL notebooks will be SSD very very soon. The real interesting impact of SSD is for server storage. They are too pricey, and small for primary storage. But as tiered storage, and caching they are great. […]
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liverpool council burns
Did you see liverpool council burned down earlier this year ?
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esXimo set to release software edition of server continuity
The software edition will allow a server by server approach to business continuity. This will help synchronize with the IT purchasing cycle. When you are ready to repurchase storage or servers, you can then upgrade to the esXimo onsite storage for increased business continuity.
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ZDnet talks about a failed backup and impacts on small business
ZDnet has an audio file with an interview with a PR firm in Sydney. The PR firm looses all their data, emails, and jobs in progress. The staff didnt follow their backup plan. They say they still feel the effects 12 months after, when trying to review older similar work, it’s just ‘gone’. http://www.zdnet.com.au/smbs-you-need-to-back-up-too-339302524.htm
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Cost of Disaster – Value of Recovery
How important is your IT to running your business ? I think customers would notice within a few hours if you started bouncing emails, asking for data to be resent, slipping delivery dates by a week, or logging in to extranet systems and it being down. I would expect you could suffer some downtime, without […]
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