SMB/LAB NAS Review
Intro
In the beginning of this year I, was looking for a new NAS for my home lab. I was curious to what was possible with NAS devices these days. I had a QNAP TS110 back then so I knew something about the NAS-es and what they could do but that was home-use orientated.
So because of the search for a new NAS I thought; let’s share my research with you. And because I would blog about it; let’s do it properly and really test drive the different NASes. I approached 6 vendors that are active and known in the SOHO NAS market; Cisco, Drobo, Iomega, Netgear, QNAP and Synology. Only Drobo couldn’t help us out with a test unit in that period so they are excluded. All the other vendors were able to send us a test unit so thanks for that. Netgear even was so friendly to supply us with 4 proper disks that I could use during the tests, so kudos to Netgear for that!
This is the 3rd comparison that VirtualFuture releases. The previous 2 were comparison charts for Application Virtualization products. This is the first comparison that isn’t really virtualization based but intended for a wider audience. Because of that I’ve chosen not to release this as a whitepaper but as a series of blog posts; I hope you enjoy it! … Continue Reading
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
VDI comparison chart
When you enter “VDI comparison” in google, the first hit you get is actually one of my first blogpost I published 2 years ago. The blogpost is about a VDI-broker feature comparison created by Quest. Although it was a useful document (to see which features Quest vWorkspace has), it wasn’t created by (an) independent person(s).
It’s quit amazing to see that Virtualfuture.info is still number 1 hit for “VDI comparison”. First of all because we didn’t create the comparison chart and second of all, since then, no one else created one. Until now!
Ruben Spruijt from PQR, with the help of a number of colleagues (including me), created something more than just a feature comparison: the VDI smackdown whitepaper!
If you are looking for an independent overview of the Server Hosted Desktop Virtualization (VDI) solutions and curious about the different features- and functions each Desktop Virtualization vendor is offering!? This is the whitepaper you definitely must read!
In the current market there is an increasing demand for unbiased information about Desktop Virtualization solutions. This white paper is focused on solutions that are anticipated to have an important role in VDI deployments. An overview of available features of each solution is created to better understand each solutions capability.
Also read Ruben’s post at brianmadden.com. Comment or mail Ruben for feedback!
VRC: Hyper-V 2008R2, vSphere 4, XenServer 5.5 on Intel ‘Nehalem’ Xeon 5500
The “Project Virtual Reality Check” team just released a new whitepaper: “Hyper-V 2008R2, vSphere 4, XenServer 5.5 on Intel ‘Nehalem’ Xeon 5500“.
“If you are looking for an independent advise and a ‘Reality Check’ in relation to Virtualizing Terminal Server and Desktop workloads, if you are curious about the impact of different hypervisors and the performance differences with various hardware and if you are searching for best practices for your virtual Desktops … Project VRC whitepapers are a must read!”
- Highlights, performance differences and best practice conclusions for Terminal Services workloads on:
- Bare metal Terminal Services; 2003/2008/x86/x64
- Hypervisors: Citrix XenServer 5.5, Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2 ‘Hyper-V’ and VMware vSphere 4.0
- Performance impact using different HP Proliant state-of-the-art hardware using Intel Xeon ‘Nehalem’ x5500 … Continue Reading
“VMware bashing part 3″, by Microsoft
Yesterday the third part of the “Hypervisor Footprint Debate” appeared on the Windows Virtualization Team Blog. As a consultant I’m supposed to be unbiased concerning vendors or products. “It depends” is our slogan 
. Therefore I’m always considering Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer along VMware VI3/VS4 when it comes to hardware virtaulization and therefore I’m regularly checking the WVT-blog.
But the way Microsoft is using this blog to trash VMware is sad. … Continue Reading
