Archive for June, 2010

HP adds firmware release sets for Bladesystem

22, Jun 2010

HP has updated their framework for BladeSystem firmware and driver releases through a consolidated Service Pack for Proliant.  See this post for more information. HP added the idea of release sets for Bladesystem firmware starting in January.  On a conference call yesterday, we were alerted to the new release set certification process.  Previously, HP had [...]

WordPress for musicians

16, Jun 2010

I have had the privilege of working with close friends updating their website as they were working on a new album.  The husband approached me, asking my opinion about a couple different hosted website solutions.  After talking with him about what they’d like to do, I found that their biggest desire was getting a good-looking website together [...]

Apple releases new Mac Mini with HDMI

15, Jun 2010

Apple quietly released a revision to the Mac Mini this morning while updating the online store.  The new version features a new unibody Aluminum enclosure for the Mac Mini, a slimmed profile, and best of all HDMI — making it the first Mac with a native HDMI port. I had been contemplating getting a Mac [...]

Finally bought a Drobo for home

14, Jun 2010

Last week, I found a deal I could not pass up.  B&H Photo has a deal on a Drobo for $299 though 6/30/2010.  If you’ve never heard of a Drobo, it is an external storage enclosure from Data Robotics that offers some enterprise-class, automated mirroring/striping for your data across multiple hard drives.  Data Robotics calls [...]

Monitoring challenges moving critical systems in virtual infrastructure

3, Jun 2010

Like many shops, we have finally attained buy-in from all our stakeholders for virtualization.  As a result, we’ve pushed more and more into our infrastructure.  And while VMware is the most datacenter ready solution for virtualization, it is not without its shortcomings — monitoring and visibility into the infrastructure being one of the biggest. While we were [...]


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