Search Storage Article: Architecting the Virtual Environment: SANs vs. NAS
The use of SAN versus NAS storage connectivity with cloud deployments may seem like an old topic; however, with the ever increasing number of customers who are deploying multiple hypervisors I believe this conversation deserves to be revisited. For those interested in this sometimes religious debate I have shared my perspective in this SearchStorage article.
Virtualization Changes Everything Free Copies and Book Signings at Cisco Live
A year ago Mike Slisinger and I wanted to expand upon the impact and influence server virtualization and cloud computing were having on storage and it’s support of the evolution from silo models to dynamic, flexible hosting environments. For these reasons we authored, ‘Virtualization Changes Everything: Storage Strategies for VMware vSphere & Cloud Computing’ Storage […]
Business Critical Applications on VMware and NetApp
At Partner Exchange 2012 I sat down with Wen Yu, Alliances Engineer at VMware, to discuss the technologies, integrations and joint solutions available from VMware & NetApp for customers looking to virtualizing business critical applications such as Oracle databases, SAP, Java apps, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint. For more information on these solutions […]
Virtualizing Oracle Databases on VMware and NetApp
At Partner Exchange 2012 I had the opportunity to sit down with Bob Goldsand, Alliances Partner Architect at VMware, to discuss the benefits of virtualizing Oracle databases with VMware and NetApp. Bob was the primary architect supporting Green Mountain Power. Their story of virtualizing Oracle RAC and how the private cloud infrastructure was put to […]
Time in TheCUBE at Oracle Open World
I had a chance to sit down with Dave Vellante of Wikibon in TheCUBE at Oracle Open World. I’m always impressed by Dave’s ability to remain on top of a wide scope of technologies and markets. I had prepared with expectations of discussing Oracle and NetApp and boy was I caught off guard. Take a watch, […]