Month: June 2014

Synergy Open Source software for increased productivity in your Lab

I previously wrote a post HERE where I described using a Gaming PC running VMware Workstation as one virtual datacenter, connected to a MacBook Pro running VMware Fusion running another. I run SRM between them to simulate having two datacenters with a small Gig switch in between. It works well and is a pretty simple configuration. It’s […]

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VMware NSX, SDN and the operational challenges ahead

Earlier today Ed Grigson posted a tweet on Twitter which turned into a mini conversation. It ended up involving Dan Barber, Gregg Robertson, Ed and myself and went like this: The subject was how experienced IT architects will engage with NSX and other complex SDN solutions. Not only whether we CAN but also whether we SHOULD. […]

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#VCDX Constraint: LBT (and vSphere Distributed vSwitch) ?

While creating a VCDX design, you consider common decision criteria and use cases and revisit them over and over. You baseline & compare design decisions against alternatives. These alternatives can be raised for your consideration during your defence. One of the most common and subjective examples is the use of different logical network designs in […]

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