Provisioning

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• 3PAR Countdown: Autonomic Groups

  
  StorageRap — Authority: 425
  3PAR announced its new server cluster provisioning feature today - Autonomic Groups . The idea is to manage the clustered servers and the storage they use as sets of resources.  All members of the group inherit connections from the group, eliminating the drudgery and errors associated with repeating provisioning ...
  11 hours ago

• Boot Options for a Citrix Provisioning Services Target

  
  VMwareInfo.Com — Authority: 118
  Provisioning Services Targets can boot from PXE, CDroms or Hard Drive Boot code.  This boot code tells the bare metal target where to go to receive it’s streamed Operating System (vDisk).  Chris Hahn sent over a short punch list on how to boot from... [[More information after the jump - Visit ...
  1 day ago

• Leaders Quadrant Recognizes Novell for its Strength in Partnerships

  
  Novell Open PR — Authority: 489
  In the recent Gartner Report, “ Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning ,” Novell is recognized for its focus on partnerships. “Novell’s network of smaller, regional-based integration and consulting continues to grow through established integration providers such as Atos Origin, Deloitte and Wipro, as well as ...
  5 days ago

• Thin provisioning how could you live without it?

  
  ESX Virtualization — Authority: 128
  If you just starting with VMware Virtualization and want to learn some new features comming with vSphere 4 just read on. Thin provisioning feature which comes with vSphere 4 is cool enough to talk about . Actually I’m even asking myself how come that I could live without it? Thin provisioning can save you a ...
  5 days ago

• Real Thin Provisioning And Over Allocation – The VI Admin

  
  VM /ETC — Authority: 461
  I’ve already mentioned ( and posted ) about the vSphere Blog Contest current topic of thin provisioning, but I’ve been thinking about another “product” that has always functioned thin provisioned – The VI administrator . That’s right, I’m talking about the guys and gals that manage all the ...
  6 days ago

• EMC trips and kicks their supplier, STEC

  
  StorageRap — Authority: 425
  Its all over the news today. STECs stock is getting hammered because their largest customer, EMC, is delaying orders.   I feel for the folks at STEC, its difficult being a supplier to industry behemoths like EMC.  When realities dont meet expectations, things can crater in a hurry.  There is nothing wrong with ...
  6 days ago

• Game on! The rapid rise of bundled infrastructure products

  
  StorageRap — Authority: 425
  Although I work for 3PAR, which is an EMC competitor, I admit there is something very intriguing about the vBlock concept - and that is the concept of buying pre-fabricated, pre-integrated, information systems. Its like the old LAN in a can or SAN in a can, but vBlock is a much more sophisticated bundle with a much ...
  6 days ago

• Slow VMs using Citrix Provisioning Services using VMXNet3 NIC driver

  
  VMwareInfo.Com — Authority: 118
  Chris Hahn made some interesting networking observations recently at a client :  I was testing provisioned XP desktops at [CENSORED] today, and I noticed that the provisioned XP VM performance seemed very slow, though no timeouts were showing... [[More information after the jump - Visit ...
  1 week ago

• To Take Advantage of Cloud Computing You Must Unlearn, Luke.

  
  Lori MacVittie — Authority: 577
  Carrying over the provisioning and capacity planning techniques used in a traditional data center to cloud computing negates the full power of the Force cloud computing. One of the benefits of cloud computing is supposed to be efficiency, particularly in the utilization of compute resources. Over-provisioning ...
  1 week ago

• Serious provisioning mistake costs $471,000!

  
  Jackson's Identity Management & Active Directory Reality Tour Travelblog — Authority: 117
  I read this in the morning paper today and thought youd appreciate how serious of a provisioning mistake this was. Would you class this as an identity management issue? I certainly would. Id also class it as a compliance issue. Great examples of how identity management and compliance are so interlinked. I wonder if ...
  2 weeks ago

• 3Ps Greatest Hits (reruns) strikes again! I need an F Class!

  
  StorageRap — Authority: 425
  3PARs F Class systems are mid-range storage arrays with enterprise features, including such new enterprise class features as Thin Persistence , Thin Conversion and Thin Reclamation for Veritas Storage Foundation . StorageRap author should be back from the wild tomorrow (Thursday).
  2 weeks ago

• Double-Take’s Flex product is like Citrix Provisioning Server without Citrix

  
  BrianMadden.com — Authority: 422
  Longtime readers know I’ve loved Provisioning Server ever since I learned about Ardence way back in 2006 . And I was excited when Citrix bought them later that year, as Citrix added code quality, support, and legitimacy to the whole thing. The only real downside to Citrix owning the product is that they’ve rolled ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chalk talk on Thin Reclamation for Veritas Storage Foundation

  
  StorageRap — Authority: 425
  Watch a discussion on 3PARs new Thin Reclamation for Veritas Storage Foundation.  Comments are being held until StorageRap returns next week.
  3 weeks ago

• Staying thin - a new storage lifecycle choice

  
  StorageRap — Authority: 425
  Another way to understand what 3PAR announced yesterday is to think of the life cycle of storage. 3PAR clustered arrays now offer new methods for removing wasted capacity from storage and recycling it so you can make use of it again for more pressing needs. First, lets start with Thin Provisioning , which is a way ...
  4 weeks ago

• T-Mobile, AT&T and Nokia Data Configurators Gone Missing?

  
  Wap Review — Authority: 469
  Last week I was trying to help a reader get an unlocked, non-T-Mobile LG phone configured for data and MMS on T-Mobile USA.  This should have been easy, T-Mobile, like almost every mobile operator in the world, has an online data configurator.  Its a simple web form where you enter your phone number and seconds ...
  4 weeks ago

• Storage Technology Refresh? Spend a lot less in a big hurry

  
  StorageRap — Authority: 425
  When your existing storage approaches the end of its affordable life, you probably wonder if there might be a better way to get the job done.  It would be great if you could spend a lot less on storage capacity and not have to do so much planning for your RAID groups, semi-wide stripes, service levels, snapshots and ...
  4 weeks ago

• 3PAR Countdown: Driving storage utilization to new levels

  
  StorageRap — Authority: 425
  The news is here , here and here . 3PAR is introducing four powerful technologies today to help our customers crush their cost of owning and operating storage.  Here is the rundown. Thin Conversion.  Next time you are faced with a technology refresh, take advantage of Thin Conversion to convert your fat ...
  4 weeks ago

• Zain Internet Provisioning Now User-Friendly?

  
  Mobility Nigeria — Authority: 123
  Just a heads-up. Having your Zain line provisioned for internet and getting settings sent to your phone used to be a harrowing experience (see: Mobile Data and User-friendly Configuration ). It looks like those days are over. This morning, I popped a Zain SIM into a phone, and within moments, I received a couple of ...
  4 weeks ago

• I Don’t Agree with Chuck on Everything

  
  Hu Yoshida — Authority: 408
  On my previous post, which was titled, I Agree With Chuck on Data Dedupe” I received a fair number of comments. Some were from Jered Floyd of Permabit and even one from Steve Duplessie . My post was intended to point out that while dedupe was an excellent tool for reducing storage bloat, it was addressing the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Apple tries to patent method to lock down your mobile device

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 758
  One of the ways Apples iPhone succeeded where other phones failed is that it doesnt let carriers install custom firmware that locks out features of the phone. However, Apple doesnt appear to be above giving carriers a way to be able to do that, even with the iPhone. The company filed a patent application earlier ...
  5 weeks ago

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