On Becoming a Virtualization Professional
12/14/15 I’ve been a VMware® evangelist and virtualization advocate for a decade. Even before I first started using VMware—by accident, I’ll admit—I’ve had the (dis?)advantage of w…
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SDN, Network Management, and You
12/08/15 The industry has been busy discussing the nature of SDN, or software-defined networking. They are wondering if SDN is Openflow. Or maybe it just programs the network throu…
Configuring and Monitoring the Next Gen Network
12/08/15 In Intent-Based Networking – A Must for SDN, an article published on this site, Faisal Khan makes the very valid point that “SDN is about making networking more flexible a…
See the Details with 1-Second Resolution Data
12/05/15 We’ve talked a lot about the high-resolution data we capture, but if you haven’t experienced it yourself, it might be a little abstract. Here, look at the difference betwe…
Is That Query Bad?
12/03/15 This post is part of an ongoing series on the best practices for effective and insightful database monitoring. Much of what’s covered in these posts is not intuitive, yet …
How to Hyper-converge Effectively
12/02/15 Hyper-convergence brings all that together with software, and can bring about more capabilities, such as backups, disaster recovery, performance assurance, and more. So, h…
The Benefits of Integrating Monitoring with ITSM Solutions
12/01/15 When you evaluate a monitoring solution for your environment, consider the solution’s ability to integrate with other applications and services. Most notably, a monitoring…
A Trendline Is a Model
11/30/15 This post is part of an ongoing series on the best practices for effective and insightful database monitoring. Much of what’s covered in these posts is unintuitive, yet vi…
The Value of Log Structured Merge Trees
11/20/15 Indexes are usually built by way of a data structure; typically, that structure takes the form of a “tree.” Most commonly, the structure of choice is a B-Tree, which is a …
KMS Server Activation
11/20/15 In a previous article, I wrote about the virtualization administrator’s interest in choosing between the two operating system activation methods Microsoft® offers: Multipl…
Intent-based Networking – A Must for SDN
11/16/15 SDN is about making networking more flexible and agile through programming network elements. Such programming needs to be done in a standard way. Hence, standardizing the …
Capacity Planning with the Universal Scalability Law
11/13/15 “How much load can this system sustain?” is a common question in capacity planning. The practical purpose is usually something like the following: How soon will the system…