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Why I loved living in California

By on February 25, 2015 in Randomness

As I sit in a hotel reminiscing on my life in California I thought I would write down the reasons about why I loved living in California.  I am doing this for two reasons really, one it might help me move on from what I classed as a very happy period in my life, and two it is a written reminder of the fun I had for when I get older and my ol’ mind isn’t what it once was. Ambitious Dream Let me begin by saying that living in California was my life’s ultimate dream.  Specifically it was living and working in Silicon Valley that was the dream.  I have been interested in computers and technology ever since I was a young boy (read this article about my early computer years).  I remember being 15 years old on a family holiday in France, talking to an American, who constantly […]

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Dell U2410 PIP (Picture in Picture)

By on February 23, 2015 in Dell

Today I wanted to configure my Dell U2410 to use Picture in Picture so I could watch the cricket while I was working 🙂 Now, I thought this was simple.  Select the menu and choose PIP and select HDMI.  Turns out thats not actually the case.  The Dell U2410 only supports PIP for certain inputs. It took me a while to find, Here is the full list of supported PIP modes that you can actually watch at the same time. Main Source = VGA PIP to = DVI, HDMI, DP, Component, Composite Main source = DVI PIP to = VGA, DP, Component, Composite Main Source = HDMI PIP to = VGA, DP, Component, Composite Main Source = DP PIP to = VGA, DVI, HDMI, Component, Composite Main Source = Component PIP to = VGA, DVI, HDMI, DP, Composite Main Source = Composite PIP to = VGA, DVI, HDMI, DP, Component […]

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VMTurbo Home Lab Giveaway

By on February 11, 2015 in Community, VMTurbo

This is a really quick article on a subject I don’t normally write about. VMTurbo are offering the chance for 3 lucky people to win some nice Homelab equipment. I definitely think its worth the opportunity to enter the competition.  Looking at the spec its nice, I hope I win 🙂 VMTurbo Home Lab Giveaway So what do you get in this VMTurboStack Home Lab? Intel NUC with Intel Core i5-4250U G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (2x8G) 204-Pin DDR3 Memory SAMSUNG 840 EVO 250GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive Synology DS415+ Diskless System DiskStation 4-Bay NAS 2x Dell 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″ Hard Drive Cisco SG300-10 10-port Gigabit Managed Switch Rosewill 7ft. Cat 6 Network Cable Click here to enter the competition and win.

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PernixData and the Cloud

PernixData and the Cloud

By on February 6, 2015 in PernixData, Storage

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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Hey, where has my Subscription Cloud gone?

By on January 21, 2015 in vCloud Air

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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