Virtualization – Other
Managing Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) with Citrix XenCenter Part 2
A guide to managing the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) with Citrix XenCenter Part 2 continuing on our series around XenCenter
Managing Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) with Citrix XenCenter Part 1
A guide to managing the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) with Citrix XenCenter Part 1
Installing Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) from USB
Last week we started a new series of articles that will provide you with all the information you need to create your own private cloud and virtual desktop infrastructure. In the first article we covered Getting Started with X...
Getting Started with Xen Cloud Platform (XCP)
An Introduction to Xen Cloud Platform (XCP). Create your own private cloud and virtual desktop infrastructure with Free Open Source Software (FOSS).
Virtualization: A long brief history
A historical overview of virtualization in Supercomputers and mainframes sharing in the 1950s through Atlas, M44/44x, CTSS, Project MAC, CP/CMS, to VAX/VMS.
Converting Hyper-V Virtual Machines to ESXi Virtual Machines
A guide to converting Hyper-V virtual machines to VMware ESXi virtual machines using the Starwind V2V converter.
How to Add Memory to an ESXi Virtual Machine
One very important aspect to the ESXi 5 All-in-One systems that have become very popular is getting the memory mix correct. Generally an OpenSolaris derived OS is used for storage as it provides both ZFS as well as native iSCSI...
Amazon EC2 t1.micro Instance Performance Benchmarks
A often asked question is whether one should use an Amazon EC2 t1.micro instance or a VMWare ESXi 5.0 server at home. For this test I decided to use the Linux 64-bit version of Geekbench by Primate Labs which is a fairly popula...
VMware ESXi 5.0 Feature vsmp not licensed, requires 16 have 8 Error Resolved
Recently we had a user question with someone trying to test a Linux virtual machine when they received a VMware ESXi 5.0 error stack with the following message: Feature vsmp not licensed, requires 16 have 8. This is a very eas...
Create a NexentaStor VMware ESXi Virtual Machine
This is a simple guide to creating a VMware ESXi virtual machine for NexentaStor. Actual OS installation is very easy and will be covered in another piece. Just over a year ago I created The Big WHS on a platform of Windows Ser...
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