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PernixData and the Cloud

PernixData and the Cloud

After spending some time with Frank Denneman (Chief Technologist for PernixData) I started thinking about how you could leverage their product FVP to help deliver solid reliable cloud services. First lets look at what PernixData FVP actually does.  The video below describes how FVP works.  I am not going into all the details about PernixData FVP that’s Frank’s job. Re-think Storage performance with PernixData FVP from PernixData on Vimeo. Sounds pretty cool right.  So how does this solution benefit the cloud?  Why would I bring this technology into my stack when I am a Service Provider offering IaaS? The Challenge One of the big challenges with cloud is storage performance. Most cloud infrastructures offer multi-tenant environments, which means that multiple customers run on the same hardware. They share that hardware, including the storage array. Yes all your workloads are logically isolated, but it is still shared hardware underneath. You are […]

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Subscription Cloud

Hey, where has my Subscription Cloud gone?

I received an email today asking “Hey Dave, where has my Subscription Cloud gone?”.  I responded with Let me Google that for you… Actually I didn’t because I knew why they were asking. As of yesterday 20th January, VMware announced its new vCloud Air Virtual Private Cloud On-Demand offering. Read here all the details. This has brought with it a completely new interface for logging into your VMware vCloud Air Subscription based clouds.  Its actually really straight forward to access all your subscription based clouds. The first thing you notice is that vchs.vmware.com now redirects to vca.vmware.com, presenting you with a different login screen Lets login and see what we find.  In the old days, once we logged in, we would see a list of regions and our clouds underneath these regions.  However with the release of VPC On-Demand we have the ability to add different services to our clouds. […]

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vcloud air disaster recovery

Enhanced vCloud Air Disaster Recovery features coming soon

Lots to talk about over at VMware’s Cloud Services Business Unit.  Yesterday VMware made the Virtual Private Cloud On-Demand Generally Available which is the new pay as you go credit card offering.  They also announced enhanced Disaster Recovery features that will be released in the coming months.  I think this announcement went a little unheard due to the big splash On-Demand made. This release is of particular importance to me, as it is the one I am concentrating all my time and effort developing demo’s, video’s, tutorials, use cases and presentations on, so excuse me for being a little excited lol.  I will also be talking about this more in-depth at the London VMUG on 22nd January. The three key features for the next release of vCloud Air Disaster Recovery are: Native Fail back Native fail back allows you to replicate your virtual machines back to your on premises datacenter, […]

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VMware launches Pay as you go cloud

VMware launches Pay as you go Cloud Service

VMware officially launched the VMware vCloud Air Virtual Private Cloud On-Demand (or for short VPC On-Demand) yesterday 20th January.  This is a major milestone in VMware’s cloud offerings, and finally brings the agility to the cloud offering that enterprises and developers alike have been asking for. The Pay as you go offering, allows anyone to simply sign up with a credit card and start consuming resources.  You only get charged for what you use, and is billed on a per minute basis.  Unlike the subscription cloud VMware offer, this allows you to simply spin up a VM when you need for a particular amount of time and then destroy it and only get charged for that period it was in use.  Perfect for those seasonal demands when you have ran out of capacity in your data center and need something quick. The full announcement can be read on VMware’s blog […]

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VMware Partner Exchange 2015

Presenting at VMware Partner Exchange 2015

I am a bit late with this article, but nonetheless here it is 🙂 I will be presenting at VMware’s annual partner conference Partner Exchange.  I have four sessions that I will be presenting this year. You can sign up for the schedule builder at PEX here. I am extremely pleased to announce I will also be presenting alongside @Veeam’s Rick Vanover covering a session on how partners can leverage vCloud Air and Veeam to offer a new line of revenue to customers. VMware Partner Exchange 2015 Full session list: Session Title Session Number Abstract Date and Time Speakers VTSP-Hybrid vCloud Air HBC4174 Pre Conference Boot Camp – In this Bootcamp, you will further your vCloud Air expertise by helping you gain a better understanding of the vCloud Air core components and service options. With detailed information covering the various features, service on-boarding & deployment, migration of workloads, as well […]

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