ARM in the datacenter
I took a look at the ARM based components in the datacenter and found that virtually a the components in a datacenter could be ARM based. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: ESXi on ARM Home Lab QNAP server...NUC 11 Pro Tiger Canyon
In this article I take a look at another NUC 11, the Pro FKA Tiger Canyon. It had a i5 Tiger Lake CPU in it with the Xe iGPU. Read the full article at StorgaeReview.com . Related Links: Intel NUC Kit NUC7CJYS Review Intel NUC 8 Mainstream Kit (NUC8i7BEH) Review IGEL...Tip – ESXI NIC Diver for Intel 2.5GbE NIC I225-LM I225-V
There is a VMware Fling that supports I225-LM and I225-V onboard Intel 2.5GbE NIC ESXi 7. The fling is located at https://flings.vmware.com/community-networking-driver-for-esxi#requirements Related Links: Tip – Initial numbers for NUC 11 Pro 2.5GbE...Tip – Initial numbers for NUC 11 Pro 2.5GbE NIC transfer rate
While reviewing Intel’s new NUC 11 Pro I had a chance to test its onboard Intel 2.5GbE NIC. The numbers looked promising 2.37GbE using iperf3. The bump on the far left are when I tested it using a 1GbE NIC for the receiver. Related Links: Tip –...Tip – How to download a GitHub File Using wget
I tend to forget how to download a file from GitHub using wget. I just can’t remember where to get the URL link to it. To to the file and select Raw and then use that URL with wget to download the file. Related Links: Tip – Script to add USB...Tip – Fio script to precondition a find optimal block size
This morning I was running performance test on a SSD drive. SSD are interesting as the first time you write to them they will be significantly faster then subsequently writes will be. Below is a link to the fio file I wrote to first precondition the drive and then...NUC 11 Elk Bay Computer Element Review
In this article I take a look at Intel’s latest’s small form factor x64 system the Elk Bay NUC 11. It was pretty neat as it had a an i7 processor, 16GB of RAM and a built in video capture card. Read the full article at StorgaeReview.com . Related Links:...I try to destroy a diskAshur M2 USB drive
I had a lot of fun freezing, driving over and throwing a diskAshur M2 USB drive off a deck to see how durable it is. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: An Ultra Secure Flash Drive for Remote Workers Using Windows 10 Multiple...Hands On with ControlUp Version 8.2 – Part 2
This is the second part of my review of ControlUp 8.2. In it I look at Horizon Published Application, a new feature in ControlUp. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: The First Part of my Review of ControlUp 8.2 Assessing Your...About Tom Fenton
Virtualization and storage professional with 30 years experience in a wide range of technologies including VMware Horizon, vSphere, VTSP, Linux and much more. Follow me on Twitter @vDoppler
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- VCP5
- VCI (lapsed)
- VTSP SV (Server Virtualization 2018)
- VTSP-DAV
- VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP)
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