Dustin Pedroia And I Have Two Things In Common!
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal on 01. Jul, 2009 | View Comments
The news just came in from Redmond: I’m a Microsoft MVP again for 2009! I felt great last year, when I received the award for the first time, but this is even better since I now really understand what it’s all about and how I can use it to help the enterprise storage community!
Storage Changes in VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Gestalt IT, Virtual Storage on 31. Mar, 2009 | View Comments
Like clockwork, VMware has cranked out another update to their flagship enterprise product, ESX 3.5. The last update came out in early November, 2008, and included some major new functionality. What’s in store this time to intrigue storage folks? Not much.
For more information on earlier updates, see my articles:
Storage Fixes in VMware ESX Server 3.5 [...]
Attending Microsoft’s MVP Global Summit
Posted by Stephen in Personal on 26. Feb, 2009 | View Comments
As y’all might know, I was pleased to receive recognition from Microsoft for my contributions to the storage community in the form of an MVP award. This award has allowed me to have much more insight into Microsoft’s products behind the scenes, and has helped me immensely in supporting my customers who use Microsoft products [...]
Sun’s Excellent VirtualBox Goes 2.0
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Virtual Storage on 04. Sep, 2008 | View Comments
Today, Sun released VirtualBox 2.0, a major revision to the (partially open source) desktop virtualization software. I have long used VirtualBox on my Windows machines as my virtualization product of choice due to its compactness, functionality, and low impact on the host system. Although I’m happy with VMware Fusion on the Mac, I intend to [...]
Microsoft Working to Improve Windows 7 Boot Times
Posted by Stephen in Terabyte home on 29. Aug, 2008 | View Comments
Confirming my observation of longish Windows boot times, Microsoft engineer Michael Fortin today blogged about the booting improvements scheduled for Windows 7.
He rightly points out that there are really three different “boot times” to consider:
Boot
Resume from sleep
Resume from hibernate
Note that the Microsoft definition of “boot (1)” only gets us through desktop launch and background task [...]
Windows 7 Server == Windows Server 2008 R2
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage on 19. Aug, 2008 | View Comments
With Windows Server 2008 appearing in (surprisingly) 2008, and Windows 7 (client) scheduled for 2010, some folks grew mighty confused about the possibility of a Windows 7 Server appearing shortly thereafter. Even Microsofties talked about something called “Windows 7 Server” in blogs, newsgroups, and conferences.
So would there be a major Windows Server update just two [...]
Windows Server 2008 Changes Storage
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Terabyte home on 31. Jul, 2008 | View Comments
Although it’s been available for a while now, Windows Server 2008’s storage changes aren’t widely reported. TechTarget’s Dave Raffo wrote a piece about it today, Windows Server 2008’s hidden storage features, including some quotes from me, but it’s still less than clear.
So let me sum up:
Server Message Block (SMB) 2.0 is probably the biggest news. Microsoft [...]
Custom Icons Keep Removable Drives Straight
Posted by Stephen in Personal, Terabyte home on 27. May, 2008 | View Comments
Update: I have created another page for custom drive icons in Mac OS X
If you’re like most people, you have accumulated a large number of removable USB storage devices over the years, from flash-based thumb drives to external hard disks. I have seven of these things sitting on my desk or in by laptop bag [...]
Microsoft: The A-Rod of Storage
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage on 10. Mar, 2008 | View Comments
Imagine there was someone many people loved to hate, but grudgingly loved just the same because of their incredible prowess. In Red Sox Nation, that would be Alex Rodriguez, who we follow year after year with a mix of admiration, envy, and anger as he seems to make all the right moves for the [...]
