You want a Microsoft Windows 10 instance in your EC2 environment. Maybe its for a jump box, maybe its for direct access to some RDS instances or other services. Whatever the case, you went to AWS figuring you’d launch a new Windows 10 instance, and then you realized: Windows 10 […]
This is kind of like COVID sourdough bread for pilots. Seems like many of us undertook this fun project to keep us busy during COVID. As usual, I was a little behind the trend and just finished mine. I’m going to write up how I did mine, hopefully it will […]
You want to move a VM into AWS EC2 with as little knowledge as possible, right? You don’t care to become an expert in AWS, you just want enough to get the job done. Here is what you have to do, how to do it, and how long it will […]
As I mentioned here, we were beta testers for the Dell PowerStore all-flash storage array. We tested everything from initial imaging of the array as either a Model T or Model X all the way to importing external storage arrays. We really enjoyed having the opportunity to get our hands […]
In the last segment, we went over PowerStore hardware. This time, we are going to dig into some more of the features, functionality, and capabilities of this newest midrange all flash storage array from Dell. The Basics: RAIDPowerStore supports RAID 5, and you can choose from one of two different […]
Dell officially announces, releases, and launches their new midrange storage product today. You may have heard rumors about this platform under its code name midrange.next. Today, the product is released as PowerStore, so lets take a minute and talk details! I was happy to participate in the beta program several […]
To be an Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner, there are requirements for people at your company to have various certifications. The higher the level of partnership, the more certifications you need. As a result, your company will always want to make sure they are aware of any AWS certifications you […]
This has to be one of the most commonly requested integrations for SC. It seems like every time I talk about SC with a customer, they ask about Veeam integration. After what seems like a very long wait, the SC Storage Integration for Veeam is finally available! What this plugin […]
Lets take a look at a few real life situations that could have been avoided by staying up to date. All names, places, dates, and some details have been changed to protect the embarrassed.
This thing is awesome. Dell just launched the Dell Poweredge R740xd2, which is essentially a 3.5″ drive version of the Poweredge R740xd. Those of us who work with Dell servers know the R740 and R740XD as the 2 socket, 2U workhorse servers that power many of our HCI and virtualization […]