SMB NAS Review: Feature Comparison
This is the last post of our SMB NAS review and comparison.
In the previous period we reviewed these units:
- Cisco NSS324
- Iomega IX4-200d
- Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 6
- QNAP TS-859U-RP+
- Synology DS1511+
The goal was to get to know the units; their pro’s and con’s. If possible even some performance figures.
But the focus was: features and that we compared, extensively. The results are not easy to provide in this post and to keep it readable we produced a PDF-file that compares al the units in a very detailed manner.
You can download that review by clicking here.
And then about performance; we tested all units with the same disks, except for the IOmega; since that unit comes with it’s own disks that cannot be replaced.
At this moment we don’t have the performance-test results ready yet but because feature-info get’s outdated fast we wanted to get the feature-comparison out now.
We will get back later with performance info.
A small peek into the (virtual)future: the absolute winner was (not really suprising) the QNAP TS859 with throughput speeds that stopped at 110 MB/s because of the 1GB network limit in our lab, Synology following closely. The unit that ended in the bottom of the list was the Iomega struggling to get a 40 MB/s performance, and not a steady one either…
vSphere 5: What’s in Enterprise Plus?
One of the most popular posts on VirtualFuture.info is about licensing vSphere 4 and the difference vSphere 4 Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. Apparently, the information is hard to find or not simply explained somewhere. Now that vSphere 5 is announced, I might as well blog about this version as well.
First of all, the limit on the number of cores are gone. With vSphere 4 Enterprise you were limited to 6 cores per CPU socket. With Enterprise Plus, this limit was 12 cores per CPU socket. The new vSphere licensing model eliminates the restrictive physical entitlements of CPU cores and physical RAM per server, replacing them with a single virtualization-based entitlement of pooled virtual memory (vRAM). This will simplify the process of purchasing deploying and managing vSphere while facilitating the move to shared infrastructure as a service. The vSphere 5.0 licensing model is per processor (CPU) with pooled vRAM entitlements.
The vRAM licenses come in a number of flavors:
UEM Smackdown released
I’m proud to present to you the User Environment Management Smackdown.
“Are you looking for an independent overview of the User Environment Management solutions and curious about the different features- and functions each vendor is offering!? This is the whitepaper you definitely must read!
In the current market there is an increasing demand for unbiased information about User Environment Management solutions. This white paper is focused on solutions that are anticipated to have an important role in Desktop deployments. An overview of available features of each solution is created to better understand each solutions capability. ” … Continue Reading
Disappearing Virtual NIC & VMX has left the building
I know I’m not the first who noticed it, since this message is to be found in log files for years with ESX, but I still wanted to share this one:
Especially when you’re seriously troubleshooting an issue and this message appears, it’s a good laugh. Kudos to the VMware programmer with humour 
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Back 2 Business: the missing/disappeared Virtual NIC
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vSphere client for iPad now available, and it’s free!
After the release of the VMware View client for iPad last week, there is now a new VMware application for the iPad: the vSphere client! This client is now available for download at the iTunes Appstore and it’s free of charge!
The only thing you need to have installed is a virtual appliance from VMware: The vCMA.
Steps to take:
- download the OVF, import it in VMware vCenter and modify the ip-settings so it has a fixed ip address. An optional step is to create a DNS-record for this appliance. Now that you’ve installed the vCMA, configure your VMware vSphere client for iPad.
- Once the vCMA virtual appliance powers on, on the home screen of the iPad go to “Settings”, scroll down and tap on “vSphere Client”. Now enter the IP Address of the vCMA virtual appliance in the “Web Server” field. … Continue Reading
