by Tom Fenton | Mar 23, 2021 | Dell, HCI, Review, Storage, StorageReview.com, VMware
In this article, I look at how NVMe are now cost comparable to SSD SATA drives on a per GB basis. I use the Western Digital Ultrastar DC SN640 for the comparison. Read the full article at StorageReview . Related Links: WDC DC SN640 official site WDC Better...
by Tom Fenton | Mar 22, 2021 | ControlUp, virtualization and cloud review, Win10
This is the first part of my review of ControlUp 8.2. In it I look at SOLVE, their new web based EUC monitoring tool. The second part should be out shortly. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: PowerToys GitHub site Using Windows...
by Tom Fenton | Mar 19, 2021 | Dell, HCI, Review, Storage, StorageReview.com, VMware
In this article, I look at the Xilinx SN1000 SmartNIC and explain what a SmartNIC is, the value that they bring to the data center, and why you should start to investigate and invest in them.. Read the full article at StorageReview . Related Links: Xilinx...
by Tom Fenton | Mar 19, 2021 | ControlUp, Horizon, VMware
ControlUp 8.2 was released in February of 2021. In this article I look at SOLVE, a web-based monitoring tool for end user computer (EUC) environments. In the next article, I will look at using it with Horizon RDSH sesssions. Read the full article at ControlUp Blogs ....
by Tom Fenton | Mar 2, 2021 | ControlUp, Horizon, VMware
Published applications are a mainstay in the EUC community and the folks over at ControlUp have add the ability to monitor and manage Horizon published applications in their latest release of their real-time console. Here is my write up on it. Read the full article...
by Tom Fenton | Mar 2, 2021 | virtualization and cloud review, VMware
This the last part of my series on the QNAP TS-431K. I add a caching drive to it, use the command line to look at it and set up an NFS file share on it. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: Home Lab NAS (QNAP TS-431) Part 1:...
by Tom Fenton | Feb 25, 2021 | virtualization and cloud review, VMware
After installing, configuring my TM-431K NAS and creating an iSCSI target and NFS share on it I installed QNAP applications replace Dropbox to stream video and music from it. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: Home Lab NAS...
by Tom Fenton | Feb 25, 2021 | virtualization and cloud review, VMware
I decided to go with the QNAP TM-431K for my home lab NAS. Here is my writeup of installing and configurint it. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: Home Lab NAS (QNAP TS-431) Part 1: Intro and Specs Home Lab NAS (QNAP TS-431)...
by Tom Fenton | Feb 24, 2021 | virtualization and cloud review, VMware
After loosing a few VM’s due to lack of backups I decided to invest in a NAS. I this article I go through my thought process on why I decided to buy one rather than build one. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: Home Lab...
by Tom Fenton | Feb 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
If you use temporary licenses from MS technet you can examine, modify and extend (rearm) them using the slmgr command. Below are some of the commands that you can use. You will need to execute these commands from an Admin command prompt. slmgr.vbs /rearm ## renew your...