Creating a Zerto Failover Test Network
Creating a proper Zerto Failover Test Network is crucial for testing your replicated applications with Zerto Virtual Replication. The reason it is so crucial is because in order to test…
Author: Justin Paul
Easy Application Failover with Zerto and SDN
One of the most common questions that I get asked when talking about application failover is… “how does the IP change work”, or “how do I update DNS”, or “what…
Using pfSense for multitenancy in a virtual environment
Back in the day if you wanted your servers to live a happy stress free life you sent them to a colo, a boarding school for servers in a sense.…
Answering Josh’s EMC VNXe Questions
Josh left a great comment for me on the new VNXe Host and LUN setup post, I felt the questions, and their answers, were important enough for a post of…
EMC VNXe1600 – Configuring Hosts and LUNs
The VNXe1600 is the block only version of the VNXe3200. For SMB sized VMware environments this is the perfect storage array as it allows the customer to add FAST Cache,…
Cisco C240 M3 Boot From SAN How To
I thought I’d through a quick guide together for configing Cisco C240 M3 Servers to boot from SAN. Out of the box they can throw you off a little because…
Suplus IT stuff in need of a new home
It seems like IT people always have a closet full of stuff that is out of service that just sits around. My garage is that closet for me, and I…
Data Protection Diversification is a MUST!
Chances are you have architected your virtual environment to have no single points of failure. (If you haven’t you may want to brush up your resume sooner or later…) Generally…
Their rules or they won’t play!
Have you ever known someone who would only play a game by their rules? And if it came down to choosing between their rules or not playing, then they just…
Are you using HP StoreOnce VSA? I am!
One of the guys I’ve known for a long time is an engineer / IT guy / jack of all trades for a fairly small SMB (in terms of IT…