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Do You VMOSA?
For the past many years as a contractor and several missions where I could help Organisations assess, diagnose, audit and evaluate their virtual infrastructures and cloud initiatives I stumbled upon the fact that many of them just lack a strategic planning process. Eventually those who actually have … Continue reading
You Just Failed Your Private Cloud Project… Why?
I have witnessed private cloud projects going belly up many times and by that I meant that these projects did not address the primary goals the sponsors set. Not that the goals were impossible or unachievable or maybe too exotic. Not at … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing, Concept
Tagged Business, Cloud, Private Cloud, Processes, Project
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The Importance of The Non-Functional Requirements
As an architect, one of my objectives is to collect, often to define, both the functional and non-functional requirements of a project. That seems so obvious, right!? As a former VMware employee, I was educated and trained to follow Zachman … Continue reading
Posted in Concept, Terminology, VMware
Tagged Architecture, Design, functional, non-functional, Thomas Andrews, Zachman Framework
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Back To The Basics
During my time at Bull I had the opportunity to setup a Lunch&Learn program. For those who don’t know what it is, briefly it is a training event during lunch time. Usually the employer offers a free complimentary lunch. The … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Bull, Cloud Computing, Concept, Terminology
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Physical Network Connectivity Lost And Intel® 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
[UPDATE] Looks like the same issue shows up with Intel® Gigabit Ethernet Controllers such the i350-T4. And the same fix is to be applied… [/UPDATE] It’s been a long time I haven’t published anything on me blog site. As you … Continue reading
Could DINO Be The Future Of vSphere NUMA Scheduler?
Dee-No DINO the future of vSphere NUMA scheduler uh! First thing first, DINO is not Dino… Dino is one of the The Flintstones’s fictional characters. Flintstones. Meet the Flintstones. They’re the modern stone age family. From the town of Bedrock, … Continue reading
Letter To Santa
Dear Santa, I’ve been terrific at virtualising low hanging fruit over the past years. I have reduced costs while increasing availability, reliability and performance for my applications. I’m a prodigy, I’m a super-hero! Now my CIO asked me to realize the … Continue reading
Posted in Bull, ESXi, Monster VM, Performance, Uncategorized, VMware, vSphere
Tagged Christmas, Monster Bullion, Monster VM, Santa, Santa Claus
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Bull’s BCS Architecture – Deep Dive – Part 4
Following on from part 1, part 2 and part 3 here is … part 4 of this deep dive series on the Bull’s BCS Architecture. In the previous post I focussed on Intel RAS features that Bull’s BCS Architecture is leveraging to make the memory more reliable … Continue reading
Posted in Bull, Cloud Computing, ESXi, Intel, Performance, VMware, vSphere
Tagged BMC, Bull, Bullion, Intel, Ultra Capacitor
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Bull’s BCS Architecture – Deep Dive – Part 3
The last couple of posts about Bull’s BCS Architecture have been quite intense and I hope I’ve met the technical details you were expecting. Here are the links to the entire deep dive series so far: Bull’s BCS Architecture – … Continue reading
Bull’s BCS Architecture – Deep Dive – Part 2
In Bull’s BCS Architecture – Deep Dive – Part 1 I have listed BCS’s two key functionalities: CPU caching and the resilient eXternal Node-Controller fabric. Now let’s deep dive in to these two key functionalities. Bear with it is quite technical. Enhanced system performance with … Continue reading
Posted in Bull, ESXi, Intel, Performance, VMware, vSphere
Tagged BCS, Bull, CPU cache, eXternal Node-Controller, Intel, Intel QuickPath Interconnect, VMware
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