January 18, 2012 – vBrownBag

BrownBag Follow-Up – VCP5 Objective 3: Storage

Posted on January 18, 2012April 2, 2016 by Cody Bunch

Video Slides ProfessionalVMware BrownBag VCP5 Section3: Storage View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware Notes Thin on Thin? Where should you do Thin Provisioning ñ vSphere 4.0 or Array-Level? http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/04/thin-on-thin-where-should-you-do-thin-provisioning-vsphere-40-or-array-level.html Calculating Capacity of a VSA Cluster with RAID10 Configuration http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsa.doc_10/GUID-8941D7EA-A876-4630-A165-80C46D81E219.html http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/02/18/blocksize-impact/ vStorage APIs for Array Integration FAQ http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021976

On SOPA, PIPA, and Blackouts

Posted on January 18, 2012April 2, 2016 by Cody Bunch

While not participating in the Blackouts, there are a good number of folks who are. Also, as someone who makes his living on the web and supporting web / cloud related technologies, I figure raising awareness can only be a good thing. Some quick background on what these are and why they’re important to you,
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Installing FreeBSD 9.0 on vSphere 5

Posted on January 18, 2012April 2, 2016 by Cody Bunch

So, FreeBSD9 was released recently. While it’s not on the VMware HCL, the prior release 8.x is, so keep in mind while it works, support may get interesting if something goes sideways. Installing FreeBSD 9.0 Getting the bits I pulled the 2.1GB DVD ISO from here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ Choose the ISO that suits what your requirements.
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