Today we write about another Czech company called Xorux and their Free performance monitoring software for VMware and IBM Power Systems. Their product’s name is LPAR2RRD. The same virtual appliance for VMware has a second product built-in called STOR2RRD which does performance monitoring for enterprise storage systems of almost all vendors They do not sell the product […]
SysKit Review
SysKit is a server monitoring software that lets you track servers in real time and provide historical reports about the environment being monitored. The product is completely agentless, which allows fast deployment and easy maintenance as there is no need to update agents on monitored servers. All information is gathered using default APIs and/or WMI queries. ICA and […]
Runecast Analyzer Product Review
Another interesting review today – Runecast analyzer. If you don’t know Runecast analyzer just yet, I’d highly recommend taking a look as there is no equivalent. Runecast analyzer checks your environment and compares the state for misconfiguration, security or performance issues with current VMware KB articles. Every week VMware releases new KB articles and those are downloaded […]
Vembu Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) Product Review
Who is Vembu Backup & DR? Vembu Technologies is a software company which isn’t well known, because they focused at the service provider level first, since 2004. As a result, Vembu has 60000 clients through 4000 service provider network. Vembu Technologies has recently released a backup and DR suite called Vembu Backup and Disaster Recovery […]
VMturbo Operations Manager Review [Sponsored]
Readers of this blog know VMturbo quite well. It’s been several years that this startup company expanding very fast. VMturbo Operations Manager is regularly updated, packed with new features and having the possibility to be installed not only on VMware or Hyper-V but also on Citrix, Redhat, Openstack or Nutanix. You could check one of the latest […]
Snapwatcher For VMware – Product Review
Snapwatcher for VMware is a product from Opvizor destined for VMware admins and which allows to monitor, fix and delete VM’s snapshots within single console. Snapshots at the VM level are something that’s really something cool to have, but VMware’s best practices concerning snapshots says don’t use snapshots, or use them sparingly. VMware says that […]
Saber 1000 SSD – An Entreprise SATA 3 SSD Review
Not all workloads are equal and not all workloads needs the best in class and the fastest (and most expensive) SSD flash drives. Saber 1000 positions itself in the entry level enterprise segment for read intensive applications. The endurance of the drive is guaranteed during 5 years and 0.4 DWPD (Drive writes per day). While it […]
StarWind Virtual SAN Product Review
StarWind Virtual SAN is a software based solution allowing to create a shared storage for VMware ESXi hypervisor. Not only that StarWind can create a shared storage, but it can also be a pool of HA and fault-tolerant storage served to hypervisor’s VMs. VMware vSphere and Hyper-V are supported platforms, but today I’ll focus on […]
Unitrends (PHD) Virtual Backup 8.0 Product Review
I recently tested a beta version of the Unitrends Virtual Backup v 8.0 (previously PHD Virtual) product. While I have reviewed PHD products in the past, I immediately noticed the major interface re-design on this new release. In fact, this virtual backup product now has over 120 new features and enhancements according to Unitrends with […]
VMware vSphere Management Essentials – Book Review
I recently got a hand on a new book published by PACKT publishing called VMware vSphere Resource Management Essentials by Jonathan Frappier. This book is up to date guide for VMware administrators willing to start learning VMware technology from the ground up. Jonathan Frappier is an experienced IT professional who holds an advanced VMware certifications like […]