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Nutanix CE Memory Requirements
Nutanix CE has a bunch of powerful features, and new ones are coming out all the time. Some of them, however, require the CVM to have additional RAM in order to work properly. For example, in version...
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Nutanix AOS 5.1 Available!
Just a quick note about Nutanix AOS 5.1 that was just released on 5/1/17. There are a few things in this update that I’ve been waiting for, so I thought I’d outline a couple of the more interesting...
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Nutanix .NEXT 2017 Announcements: CALM
Today marks the end of the 3rd US Nutanix .NEXT conference. When I think back to the first .NEXT that I attended in 2015 in Miami, everything starts to click. At that very first .NEXT conference,...
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Nutanix .NEXT 2017 Announcements: XI and GCP
In this article, I talked about the first of 3 major strategic announcements to come out of .NEXT 2017. That article goes over how the calm.io acquisition has been put to use by Nutanix in their...
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Nutanix .NEXT 2017 Announcements: Xtract
The 3rd annual Nutanix .NEXT held in Washington DC at the end of June 2017 brought 3 major strategic announcements to light. I talk about the first one, Calm, here. The 2nd one is a hybrid cloud...
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Nutanix .NEXT 2017 Announcements: Rollup
Coming out of .NEXT 2017, we saw 3 major strategic announcements from Nutanix, as well as a number of smaller updates. Some of these had been previously announced, and some were all new. In this...
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Hybrid Architectures: Let’s Talk Availability
Hybrid architectures are popular. As I look across the organizations that I consult with, I am hard pressed to point out many that aren’t working in some flavor of hybrid environment, even if they...
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5 Fun Things in Nutanix AOS 5.6
Nutanix released AOS 5.6 on 4/16. In addition to a bunch of cool features we will highlight below, this also marks a change to a new release schedule. The new release schedule sounds a bit like what...
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The three snazziest announcements from Dell Technologies World
Dell Technologies World is in full swing in Las Vegas this week. There are so many new products and features being announced that it can be hard to keep track of them all. I’ve sifted through all...
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New Dell Poweredge MX Series
Dell Technologies World this year is a combination of the former Dell World and EMC World events that has come about from the joined companies. This year, I think one of the most important and...
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Game Changers at Nutanix .NEXT 2018
Nutanix .NEXT 2018 was held the 2nd week of May in New Orleans this year. I have to say that I greatly appreciate attending a conference somewhere other than Las Vegas. Keep it up as long as you can...
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New Dell Poweredge MX Series
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Dell EMC Takes Aim at Low End Storage
I’ve been involved in solutions for a few customers recently where they opted to not buy part of the solution, instead choosing to go with a less expensive storage option for data that they perceived...
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Nutanix AOS 5.9 in a Nutshell
AOS 5.9 is now available. This comes about 3 months after AOS 5.8 was released back in July. Its worth noting that this is the release that adds support for VMware 6.7. If you are currently running...
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Storage Center 7.3 (Compellent)
Storage Center (Compellent) Operating System version 7.3 became generally available last month. Its been rolling through the various stages of release all summer, and I now have some customers on it....
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New Storage Dense Dell R740xd2 Could Be Great for HCI!
R740xd2 Front with trays open This thing is awesome. Dell just launched the Dell Poweredge R740xd2, which is essentially a 3.5″ drive version of the Poweredge R740xd. Those of us who work with Dell...
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Why Upgrade?
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” – IT Manager, Fortune 500 manufacturing firm “Once servers are deployed in our environment, we never touch the firmware again.” – IT Director, Private Equity Firm...
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Dell EMC SC Series Veeam Plugin Now Available!
This has to be one of the most commonly requested integrations for SC. It seems like every time I talk about SC with a customer, they ask about Veeam integration. After what seems like a very long...
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Link Personal AWS Certs to Company APN account
To be an Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner, there are requirements for people at your company to have various certifications. The higher the level of partnership, the more certifications you need. As...
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Game Changers at Nutanix .NEXT 2018
Nutanix .NEXT 2018 was held the 2nd week of May in New Orleans this year. I have to say that I greatly appreciate attending a conference somewhere other than Las Vegas. Keep it up as long as you can...
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