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Replacing legacy physical tapes with StarWind VTL for IBM i. Part 1: StarWind VTL configuration

Tired of wrestling with legacy tape backups? Explore how StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL) for IBM i is modernizing data storage, offering a more efficient alternative to traditional methods.

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What is Business Continuity?

Ever wondered how companies survive cyber-attacks, fires, or data center meltdowns? It’s all about Business Continuity. This article unveils the crucial elements of a Business Continuity Plan and why it’s a must in today’s world.

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Exploring the Power of NVIDIA Generative AI and Its Enterprise Collaboration with VMware

NVIDIA’s cutting-edge Generative AI, in partnership with VMware, is revolutionizing the way enterprises operate, fostering creativity and driving innovation. At the recent VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas, they introduced the VMware Private AI Foundation, designed for running generative AI applications. Don’t miss the chance to learn how this collaboration is unlocking new possibilities in enterprise tech.

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Design the network for Azure Stack HCI

Azure Stack HCI cluster is a hybrid solution that successfully units on-premises infrastructure with Azure cloud services, managing both Windows and Linux workloads relatively easily. However, it isn’t without its problems, and most come from incorrect network configurations that decrease performance and increase latency.

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Veeam v11 backup to Google Cloud Storage

Veeam Backup & Recovery v11 now includes the option to backup data to Google Cloud Storage. This provides more flexibility to users who wish to choose Google over Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or other public cloud vendors. Such a feature offers further user-friendliness while still abiding by the 3-2-1 backup rule.

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Azure Stack HCI Single Node cluster

For some time now, Microsoft has made a single-node configuration available for its cloud service Azure Stack HCI. The name is somewhat misleading since a cluster requires two or more servers to form a group for high availability. Nonetheless, this version is good for dev, test, proof of concept, or initial setup tweaking for further scaling.

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VMware Virtual Hardware 20 details in vSphere 8

vSphere 8 brings an abundance of cool new features. Among them, VMware Virtual Hardware Version 20 is even more efficient: newer CPU cores support, more VM count, ESXi instance on Smart NICs, higher VM density, up to 8 vGPU devices support, aware migration, NUMA nodes exposed in vSphere Client, and many many more!

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VMware vSphere 8 Announced – The Details

Moving forward with its ecosystem, VMware EXPLORE has just announced the coming of vSphere 8 later this year. As per usual, there are all kinds of changes coming. This time, however, more focus is placed on management and lifecycle simplification and unification. Changes will affect services like VMware Tanzu, ESXi, vCenter Recovery, and others.

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What is Microsoft Pluton Security Processor?

The traditional security model implies combining different solutions to increase safety. However, cyberattacks are constantly developing and becoming more sophisticated, which makes the “layered approach” fairly obsolete. That’s why Microsoft has opted to concentrate on the hardware level instead. Meet Microsoft Pluton, a new step in the hardware chips evolution.

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StarWind SAN & NAS over Fibre Channel: MDRAID vs GRAID

The new build of StarWind SAN & NAS is already here! Installed on top of a dedicated storage node full of NVMe drives, it now can be accessed over FC (Fibre Channel). The best way to see how fast it can go is to test its performance using two different RAID5 arrays, such as MDRAID and GRAID.