How time flies! It only seems like yesterday that VMware was announcing ESXi 5, though this was back in 2011 – 5 years ago! There have been lots of great ESXi releases and updates since that time which has seen the entire vSphere portfolio mature and maintain its place as the industries leading virtualization solution. Anyway… I just wanted to give those folks out there who may still be running ESXi 5.0 and/or 5.1 hosts that general support ends on the 24th August this year (2016), so … [Read more...]
vChat Podcast #41 – VMware Labs Flings with James Green, vBlog Results, and Home Labs
In this episode David and I are joined by vExpert James Green who talks about about his favorite VMware Labs Flings including DRS Doctor, I/O Analyzer, and PowerCLI tools. We also cover the vBlog 2016 results and what we are doing with our home labs. WATCH NOW to see the full episode! Show Notes and Hyperlinks Here are notes and links to many of the things we covered in episode 41 of vChat: vExpert James Green Blogs at – ActualTech.io and jdGreen.io Top vBlog 2016 … [Read more...]
vChat Podcast #40 – EMCworld 2016, OpenStack Summit 2016 & Hot Tech
In this milestone episode #40, David and I talk about EMCworld 2016, OpenStack Summit 2016, home labs, Megacasts, vSphere-Land Voting, vSphere 6 training, and LOT of hot new tech (like kickstarter gadgets). Show notes with hyperlinks are below. WATCH NOW to see the full episode! Show Notes and Hyperlinks Here are notes and links to many of the things we covered in episode 40 of vChat: Live vBlog voting now open! EMCworld 2016 Keynotes with Demos OpenStack … [Read more...]
Good HTML Code Editor–Brackets
Looking for a good HTML code editor? Here’s one that I recently found and have started using, it’s called ‘Brackets’ and is an OpenSource project, meaning it is free to download and use! I particularly like the nice clean interface, along with the lightweight look and feel. It has useful functionality for when coding in HTML, such as live preview, the ability to split the screen and to differentiate pieces of code using different colours, and of course having the all-important line … [Read more...]
Alienware Laptop 15” R2 & 17” R3 Size Comparison
I recently purchased a new/refurbished Alienware 15 R2 laptop. This was to replace my 18 month old MSI gaming laptop, which I liked, though could never get past a couple of niggles; these being the constant fan noise, even when under light load, and the unresponsive track pad. In defense of the latter, gaming laptops would generally be used with an external USB mouse, though even still, it’s nice to have a decent amount of accuracy when using the trackpad for day to day tasks. … [Read more...]
VLOG #1 – Home Lab Server Refresh
This is something new that I’m trying, I’ve been thinking about creating a regular VLOG as a way of communicating with other techies and readers of this blog (techhead.co). So here it is, my first VLOG which covers my wanting to refresh my dormant, and now slightly outdated, vSphere based home lab. I’ve always looked towards the HP entry level range of servers for my home lab, particularly due to them running very good deals on them from time to time. I like the tower … [Read more...]
[PODCAST] #18 – EMC Isilon OneFS .Next with Ashish Palekar & Ed Beauvais
EMC Isilon is a scale-out (ie: add more nodes/instances to increase capacity and throughput) storage platform for unstructured data, up to a capacity 50PB! It comes with a rich feature set including point-in-time data backup protection and file restoration (SnapshotIQ), asynchronous data replication for disaster recovery, business continuity, disk-to-disk backup, and remote archiving (SyncIQ). The recent update to Isilon’s OneFS operating system, called OneFS .Next (available early 2016), … [Read more...]
£772 Raised! MacMillan Cancer Support 24hr Gaming Marathon Success
Wow, the first ever MacMillan Cancer Support 24 hour Gaming Marathon was a great success and a lot of fun! We should be proud of ourselves TechHeads as we raised an impressive, and unexpected, £772 in support for MacMillan Cancer Support. This, once again, shows the kindness and generosity of the tech community, that I am so proud to be part of. In fact, out of the 90 approx people that registered for the marathon, we were the 5th highest for what was raised! I created this little video … [Read more...]
Come Join Me–24 Hour Gaming Marathon Charity Event for MacMillan Cancer Support
Come join me online for a 24 hour PC/video gaming marathon event, in support of a great cause! As some of you may know I was diagnosed, and underwent treatment, for Hodgkins Lymphoma (stage 2A), back in 2013. This involved 12 rounds of chemotherapy, and luckily for me the outcome was positive, with my being given the all clear at the end of the treatment cycle in early 2014. It was a very tough time for myself and my family, but through the loving support of my family, friends and the truly … [Read more...]