Archive for June, 2008
Virtual Web Servers Are Better!
Monday, June 30th, 2008Something that I had suspected for a while now has been ‘confirmed’ by VMware - Virtual web servers scale and perform better than physical servers.
Now I know that evidence could be produced to the contrary, but the stats are quite impressive. The following graph show the SPECweb2005 aggregate metric values are twice that of physical boxes once scaled up to 6 nodes.
AS I said I suspected for a long time that some workloads are more suited to virtualisation and it is nice to seem some justification of this. Read for yourself here.
Two Classic Dilberts!
Friday, June 27th, 2008Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server Licensing For Dummies
Friday, June 27th, 2008I’ve been on a bit of a mission of late to find articles that make the sometimes complex seem more simple.
I don’t know about you, but I find navigating around the Sharepoint licensing model a complete and utter nightmare. So how pleased was I when I found Lady Licensing. Simple diagrams covering the following scenarios:
- Intranet Portal
- Intranet/Extranet
- Internet
Brilliant! It even comes with pictures. Need I say more? I thought not, check it out here.
Multi-Operating System Administration
Friday, June 27th, 2008Sanbarrow has released a masterpiece for all administrators out there. The MOA LiveCD is a fine example of what true dedication can bring you.
3 years in the making the LiveCD allows you to boot into BartPE style environment with VMware related applications installed. The idea being that you can attach a physical disk for forensic/repair purposes etc.
Other useful applications include RoboCopy to get your important files off before the hard drive fails for good. Registry backup tools, VMware Converter and a multitude of others.
It comes in at 500mb, but you can run it from a USB key (if you have a degree of dedication) or CD.


