When it comes to virtualization systems, Proxmox is my hypervisor distribution of choice. While it has an excellent web interface, it only provides real-time resource usage information. While useful, being able to look at resource usage over time can be an added benefit when troubleshooting a system problem. Thankfully, since Proxmox is Linux, there are ...Read More
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Red Hat goes to Beta with it’s KVM based Virtualization platform. KVM is a module for Linux that turns the Linux kernel into a Hypervisor. It is already used in many deployments around the world. I am currently a heavy implementer of it, utilizing the Proxmox Linux distribution, which is a complete Linux installation customized ...Read More
Along with the long list of features that Citrix’s XenServer already provides for free, the recently announced new XenServer 5.5 adds to the list of reasons you should switch (Beta is available now, release is expected June 19). Installing the current version will give you more features today, with additional improvements coming with the release ...Read More
I’m going to cover the bare essentials for turning your server into an iSCSI Target. There are many more configuration possibilities; here we’ll cover the basics, and I’ll use an example. In this scenario, I am using Ubuntu Server 8.04.1 LTS 64bit for my iSCSI SAN (if your hardware supports 64bit extensions, use the 64 ...Read More
Picking a Path When you think of your SAN (or any IT system, for that matter) there are two areas to address: the hardware and the software. There are many ways to go about putting together a SAN for your environment. Some possible options might be: Buy a SAN from a SAN provider: Equalogic/ Dell, ...Read More