Another great week and blog posts out there. There is so much great content being written each week. If you are on Twitter be sure to follow PlanetV12N.
Wahl Network by Chris Wahl- From The Bad Ideas Department: Unlimited VM Migrations
Chris talks about why using Unlimited VM Migrations is a bad idea for a comparison between Hyper-V and vSphere.
Microsoft has a Server Virtualization Tool website up that allows you to compare the costs of Hyper-V to VMware as a free service. The goal is to understand the cost of running both solutions, so that you can make an informed decision. Simply enter in your total VMs and your CPU-to-VM ratio, and viola! Pricing spits out.
This seems like a rather dubious way to get to the bottom of an environment, as my day job is helping clients do exactly this (and I don’t just ask for VM / core counts and fire off a design). However, one thing continues to catch my eye as a highlighted comparison item on the checklist: VM Migrations
NTPRO.NL by Eric Sloof- VMware Community Podcast – Behind the scenes
Join in on the podcast each week? Check out what actually happens during these calls from behind the scenes.
I was able to capture John Troyer and Alex Maier on video during this week's VMware Community Podcast.
I've always had questions about VDI and what happens if you can not connect to the Network. In this article Tina does a great job explaining how Local mode works in VMware View.
Do your virtual desktop users need to disconnect from the network, travel with their laptops, and use their virtual desktops offline? Or do you have a bring-your-own-computer (BYOC) program and want to install a corporate virtual desktop on users’ computers? VMware View Client with Local Mode is the answer for these user scenarios.
Cloud-Buddy by Bilal Hashmi – New Book – Building VMware EUC Solutions with VMware View
Bilal talks about Mike Laverick and Barry Coombs new book on VMware View. The best thing about this is that the authors are giving back to the community!
I am not a VMware View expert by any means, I have deployed it in small environments but I really havent spent a lot of time with it. Knowing that is an area that I need to spend some time on and considering that much of the world still needs to get on View, I try to spend some time keeping up with whats happening with View.
vExperienced by Edward Grigson – VMworld 2012 – what will we see?
This is a first of many good posts talking about the upcoming conference VMworld. Edward not only talks about the US show but touches on the EMEA side as well.
With VMworld rapidly approaching I’ve been wondering what to expect from this year’s shows in San Francisco and Barcelona. My first thought was ‘not much new’ based on the fact that vSphere5 was released at last years show and products such as vCOPs and vCloud Director have already had major updates recently. Upon reflection however I’ve realised that this year will be no different – trying to keep up with all the announcements, new technology, product launches and social gatherings will be nearly impossible.
That is all for this week. Hope you enjoy and get inspired to write something yourself!
