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Author Archives: Gabriel
Backup Is Broken
Every night millions of terabytes of data are read and written. In my view, this is a wasted IO operation. This graph should look familiar, its what I’m speaking of when I say that backup is broken. That every time … Continue reading
vExpert Weekly Digest – December 19th 2013
It’s that time yet again, vExpert Weekly Digest is now available for your purview. This week I cheesed and put my own article on the cover, primarily because that image cracks me up every time I see it. Good stuff … Continue reading
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DEDUPE ALL THE DATA
Funfact: This post will be markety in nature. I just got back from the Gartner Data Center Symposium where we (SimpliVity) were Platinum sponsor. This was my first time at a Gartner based event and I found the overall atmosphere … Continue reading
vExpert Weekly Digest – December 6th 2013
Back to our regularly scheduled programming. This week finds a good collection of stuff not necessarily VMware related, but still well within the Virtualization realm. Overall a bit of a slow week, I’m guessing it has something to do with … Continue reading
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vExpert Weekly Digest – Black Friday Edition
What better way to pass the post holiday food coma that many of you are probably still recovering from than with a nice casual reading of vExpert community ramblings. Or you could be out spending the day trying to score … Continue reading
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vExpert Weekly Digest – Yes I paid my webhosting bill edition
So that was embarrassing. Having been on the road for some time, I realize that I probably should have actually listened to those GoDaddy spam messages that kept showing up on the home phone that I no longer use. Hosting … Continue reading
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VMUG Portlandia
I only recently started watching Portlandia, yes its funny and worth at least an introductory viewing. That said, I’ll be displaying my wares at the Portland VMUG this November 12th, so if you are in the area please swing by … Continue reading
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vExpert Weekly Digest – November 5th 2013 – Super Slacker Edition
Long time no post, frankly I’ve been mega busy these last few weeks. Call it Geek-Interrupted (only I don’t look anything like Angelina Jolie). With my work schedule taking me all over the Western United States (yes I’m the official … Continue reading
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vExpert Weekly Digest – October 11th 2013
New Edition hot off the Ethernet. With VMworld Europe kicking off this Monday there is a lot of buzz around what the VMware community will be doing across the pond. Of course there will be some new sessions and new … Continue reading
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3E’s of Storage Part Deux
Quick Stealth Edit: I should preface a lot of this with much of this discussion is focused on storage in Virtualized Environments, but the overall gist of the 3E’s should apply to physical as well. So in part one, I … Continue reading