by Tom Fenton | Apr 23, 2021 | virtualization and cloud review, Win10
In this article I looked at what it takes to set up a 2.5GbE network and how it preformed in comparison to a 1GbE network. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: ESXi on ARM Home Lab QNAP server...
by Tom Fenton | Apr 20, 2021 | virtualization and cloud review
I took a look at the ARM based components in the datacenter and found that virtually a the components in a datacenter could be ARM based. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: ESXi on ARM Home Lab QNAP server...
by Tom Fenton | Apr 13, 2021 | StorageReview.com
In this article I take a look at another NUC 11, the Pro FKA Tiger Canyon. It had a i5 Tiger Lake CPU in it with the Xe iGPU. Read the full article at StorgaeReview.com . Related Links: Intel NUC Kit NUC7CJYS Review Intel NUC 8 Mainstream Kit (NUC8i7BEH) Review IGEL...
by Tom Fenton | Apr 8, 2021 | Tips, VMware
There is a VMware Fling that supports I225-LM and I225-V onboard Intel 2.5GbE NIC ESXi 7. The fling is located at https://flings.vmware.com/community-networking-driver-for-esxi#requirements Related Links: Tip – Initial numbers for NUC 11 Pro 2.5GbE...
by Tom Fenton | Apr 7, 2021 | Tips
While reviewing Intel’s new NUC 11 Pro I had a chance to test its onboard Intel 2.5GbE NIC. The numbers looked promising 2.37GbE using iperf3. The bump on the far left are when I tested it using a 1GbE NIC for the receiver. Related Links: Tip –...
by Tom Fenton | Apr 7, 2021 | Tips, VMware
I tend to forget how to download a file from GitHub using wget. I just can’t remember where to get the URL link to it. To to the file and select Raw and then use that URL with wget to download the file. Related Links: Tip – Script to add USB...
by Tom Fenton | Apr 5, 2021 | Tips, VMware
This morning I was running performance test on a SSD drive. SSD are interesting as the first time you write to them they will be significantly faster then subsequently writes will be. Below is a link to the fio file I wrote to first precondition the drive and then...
by Tom Fenton | Apr 2, 2021 | virtualization and cloud review
In this article I take a look at Intel’s latest’s small form factor x64 system the Elk Bay NUC 11. It was pretty neat as it had a an i7 processor, 16GB of RAM and a built in video capture card. Read the full article at StorgaeReview.com . Related Links:...
by Tom Fenton | Apr 1, 2021 | virtualization and cloud review
I had a lot of fun freezing, driving over and throwing a diskAshur M2 USB drive off a deck to see how durable it is. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: An Ultra Secure Flash Drive for Remote Workers Using Windows 10 Multiple...
by Tom Fenton | Mar 25, 2021 | ControlUp, virtualization and cloud review, Win10
This is the second part of my review of ControlUp 8.2. In it I look at Horizon Published Application, a new feature in ControlUp. Read the full article at Virtualization & Cloud Review . Related Links: The First Part of my Review of ControlUp 8.2 Assessing Your...