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Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 6 review

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Matthijs Haverink

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This is the fourth post in the SMB/LAB NAS review. This review compares the following products on features and performance:

- Cisco NSS324
- Iomega IX4-200d
- Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 6
- QNAP TS-859U-RP+
- Synology RS1511+

Today I describe my experiences with the the Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 6. It is a 6 bay desktop model. It has a single power supply, dual NIC, 2 USB ports on the back and one USB port on the front, with a copy/backup button. It has lockable trays and a display on the front. It also has an on/off button on the back and that’s unique. … Continue Reading

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Iomega IX4-200D review

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Matthijs Haverink

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This is the third post in the SMB/LAB NAS review. This review compares the following products on features and performance:

- Cisco NSS324
- Iomega IX4-200d
- Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 6
- QNAP TS-859U-RP+
- Synology RS1511+

Today I describe my experiences with the Iomega IX4-200D. It was a pretty wanted device among virtualization fanatics somehow. Iomega, part of the EMC legacy these days, has come up with a couple of different 4-bay NAS devices.

One of the strong points of the Iomega is that it dynamically allocates space for iSCSI LUN’s, NFS shares, AFP shares, SMB shares; you don’t have to worry about that at all. Another unique feature is the Bluetooth upload (additional usb Bluetooth dongle needed). It is a bit of an outdated feature when you ask me; every device these days has wifi, but nevertheless a unique feature. … Continue Reading

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VMworld Europe 2009: The best (to)pics of Day 1

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Matthijs Haverink

Off-course today VirtualFuture attended Day 1 of VMworld Europe 2009 @ Cannes and we decided to share with you our moments:

Worst and best magic trick of the day 

You’re witnessing the Veeam Magician in action here. A bit unfair we’re showing a trick gone wrong because the past couple of days he’s entertaining us with amazing tricks !
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VMworld Europe 2009: Cisco Nexus 1000V Hands-on lab

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Sven Huisman

Today I attended the self-paced Cisco Nexus 1000V hands-on lab. The Nexus 1000V is a Distributed Virtual Switch, available for the upcoming next version of ESX(i).

The Nexus 1000V switch is a pure software implementation of a Cisco Nexus switch. It resides on a server and integrates with the hypervisor to deliver VN-Link virtual machine-aware network services.

Basically, you have 2 parts: 1 that runs on each host (Virtual Ethernet Module) and 1 virtual appliance that runs the supervisor (Virtual Supervisor Module). … Continue Reading