Tue, 17 Jun 2008
Firefox 3 Download Day
"Set a Guinness World Record, Enjoy a Better Web. Sounds like a good deal,
right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the
record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it's that easy."
[2008/06/17 / tech / software permanent link]
Virtualisation Buzzwords
So I was thinking a bit more about virtualisation buzzwords after my discovery the other
day.
"Virtualisation 1.0" appears to be the concept of virtualising physical hosts
onto a defined set of infrastructure. Whether the VM farm is in-house or
outsourced is largely irrelevent. What is important for buzzword compliance is
that there is still a farm with limits, location etc.etc.
"Virtualisation 2.0" appears to be the concept of virtualising physical hosts
onto "clouds". The VM farm is provided by infrastructure-as-a-service and it's
implied that limits, location etc.etc. are non-issues because they are "someone
else's problem".
The problem is that the possibilities in this space are not easily pigeon-holed
into only two catergories. It just does a disservice to whatever you are trying
to describe to fall back on these kinds of buzzwords.
[2008/06/17 / tech permanent link]
Links of the Day: June 17, 2008
smh.com.au - Cut fuel price, say voters
Why do people think the government should intervene in the supply/demand determined pricing of a scarce resource? Did everyone fail economics 101?
Acer Aspire One notebook review
"if Acer wants it to be seen as anything other than a mini-notebook it needs to quickly launch its connected version as this edition is only a success on the price point, lacking the usability and build quality we've come to expect from this market."
TrustedReviews - Asus Eee PC 901 20G Linux Edition
"Brimming with features and with a new CPU and better battery, the Eee PC 901 personifies exactly the spirit in which the original was created. ...bit more expensive ... lack a more comfortable keyboard, but ... the 901 has once again set the standard."
TrustedReviews - First Look: MSI Wind
"...though the Wind lacks the classiness of the Mini-Note... it's a good looking machine that shares a visual style with the Eee PC - albeit in a slightly larger chassis. ...it looks as though MSI has put together a very commendable effort..."
VM /ETC - Can you Vmotion between different physical data centers?
"Chad goes on to point out that he feels stretching ESX Clusters is a bad idea in general and lists 4 solid reasons to support why. Check out all the whole post at the link above."
Building a Low Cost (Cheap) VMWare ESX Test Server.
"My job now involves more and more virtualised (or virtualized if you're one of our American cousins from across the pond) server implementations so this is a good excuse to go and build my own VMWare ESX test environment."
Virtual Geek: Building a Home VMware Infrastructure Lab
"This is something I consider mandatory if you're going to take VMware as seriously as I think everyone should :-)"
Connect VMware ESX Server to a free iSCSI SAN using Openfiler
"In this article, we take a look at how you can download a free open-source iSCSI server and use it as your SAN storage for VMware ESX and its advanced features."
Openfiler (The link in the previous article is out of date)
"Openfiler converts an industry standard x86/64 architecture system into a full-fledged NAS/SAN appliance or IP storage gateway and provides storage administrators with a powerful tool to cope with burgeoning storage needs."
