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propertyCollector Error When Editing Virtual Machine Swapfile Location
Today I came across the following propertyCollector error message whilst trying to modify the VM Swapfile location for two hosts in my lab cluster. This pops up as [..]
FreeNAS 0.7.2 NFS and iSCSI Performance in a vSphere 4.1 Lab
While doing some lab testing and benchmarking for my upcoming VCAP-DCD exam I came across some interesting results when messing about with NFS and iSCSI using FreeNAS. I plan [..]
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4.1, benchmarking, EMC Celerra, ESX, ESXi, FreeNAS, iSCSI, NFS, performance, SATA, SSD, VMware, vSphere
Free Microsoft 70-659 Server Virtualisation Exam at Prometric
So I was doing a bit of a refresh on Hyper-V for a project I have upcoming later this year and I came across a superb offer from [..]
VMware VCAP-DCD 4 Exam Prep Guide
So I completed my VMware vSphere: Design Workshop [V4.x] last August, but just a week after that my second daughter was born. 6 months (and many dirty nappies) [..]
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