A few months ago there was a picture of the “Marvin” poster from the “VMware campus” tweeted by @Cocquyt. In a recent post by Technodrone, @maishsk picked up on the VMworld VMCI session, aka “Marvin”:
Very exciting stuff, I cannot wait to meet “Marvin” and am very interested in hearing about VMware’s first foray into the hardware arena. Some of the questions I have:
Allow me to introduce Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion, my three host, “VSAN Baby Dragon” Home Lab. Straight from “Game Of Thrones”, if you are wondering what the names mean. I finally bit the bullet and invested in some new kit to move away from the limited Embedded ESXi lab I was running on my MacBook Air. I sourced everything from the Computer Souq in Riyadh, since I did not want to wait for shipping, which can be expensive. I have provided the details for anyone who wants a vSphere lab that works without the head scratching. Continue reading Baby Dragon Triplets – VSAN Home Lab
The Chinese saying, “May you live in interesting times” certainly applies here. Right now so many new storage technologies are emerging, that if you are an infrastructure decision maker, you would be having a hard time selecting the right technology. The trick is to formulate a strategy that leverages the existing infrastructure you already have, but provides agility and scale for the future at a reduced cost. Continue reading Evolution of Storage – What is your strategy?
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