Its time to do some more VDI testing! In the short video below you will see what it is like to launch multiple programs off a Virtual Desktop that is hosted on a SSD. More info on the YouTube page 🙂
Author: James
RAID Cache and VDI
For the past few days I’ve been doing a little performance testing to see just how much an influence RAID cache makes when provisioning Virtual Desktops. The test was to create 20 virtual desktops and see how long it takes to get the first one spun up and ready for use and then to see how long it took to… Read more
How easy is it to add a thin client to a Citrix VDI-in-a-box grid?
This easy……
SeaMicro and Opteron 3200 – its all falling into place for AMD
A press release today from AMD (AMD Launches New Platform for Dedicated Web Hosting Providers) seems all too convenient after AMDs recent purchase of SeaMicro. The basics of it all goes that AMD now has a server class processor with a low power consumption, high core count that fits in a desktop class motherboard all of which is perfect for so… Read more
3 months in – OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 in a Server
Its been a little while since posting What happens when you put a OCZ PCI-E SSD in a server? and I thought I would give an update to its progress. After 2520 hours powered on (about 105 days or 3.5 months) the SSD is yet to give us any trouble – that’s while hosting 3 a fully active virtual machines… Read more
DPM 2010 won’t allow unauthenticated SMTP relay
If you are trying to setup System Centre Data Protection Manager 2010 with a SMTP relay that dosn’t use authentication (e.g. you use IP address filtering to allow access to your SMTP server) you may come across a problem where DPM throws up a error every time you try and send a email stating that a username/password must be entered…. Read more
Live@Edu and FIM – Commandlets must be installed
Little help guide for anyone setting up Live@Edu using Forefront Identity Manager 2010! When trying to install the OLSync (Outlook Live Management Agent) component you get the error Forefront Identity Manager 2010 FP1 Sync Engine Configuration PowerShell Commandlets version (4.0.3555.2) must be installed. The easiest way to solve this problem is by downloading the required components from Microsoft Support the direct link… Read more
The Fitbit mobile world
As promised here is my article on the Fitbit mobile website! First of all I’m a strong believer that the future of the mobile ‘app’ world isn’t in making applications just for particular devices but instead making well designed mobile websites. Although the Fitbit team do have a iOS app they also have seen this light and also have gone… Read more
Inside a new Storage Server
For the past few days I’ve been hard at work selecting parts, ordering and building a new storage server for work – the results of which can be seen below. Read on for a full list of parts.
First thoughts about the Fitbit Ultra
I’m a strong believer that if you can monitor something well then you can make big leaps and bounds forwards. This especially applies to the world of IT; where for example, if you can monitor how fast a file server is running you can see if it needs a disk upgrade. Even more so this applies to the human body… Read more