Data Center

Archive: 12-2012

• The brewing battle between hybrid and all-flash storage

  Scott Lowe breaks down the advantages and disadvantages of solid state and hard disk drives for storage and explains why a hybrid solution brings you the best of both methods.

  Posted by Scott Lowe | December 31, 2012, 9:58 AM PST

• Helium-filled drives will lift capacities to new heights

  Scott Lowe explores a new frontier in drive capacity — helium.

  Posted by Scott Lowe | December 21, 2012, 6:30 AM PST

• Top 10 posts in Data Center for 2012

  Readers were learning all about Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 this year, as reflected in the most-read posts of the year.

  Posted by Selena Frye | December 20, 2012, 12:00 PM PST

• Get scripting help with PowerShell Plus

  Derek Schauland finds a free tool to help shore up your PowerShell skills and share knowledge with a community of users.

  Posted by Derek Schauland | December 18, 2012, 9:00 AM PST

• RemoteApp: Deploying applications made easy

  Getting around application-overload situations doesn’t have to be complicated. Rick Vanover explains the RemoteApp feature in this piece.

  Posted by Rick Vanover | December 17, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• VMware upgrades: Advice for beginners (and pros)

  Lauren Malhoit remembers her days as a VMware newbie. Here is some advice for beginners to gain expertise, as well as a reminder to experts to be good mentors.

  Posted by Lauren Malhoit | December 11, 2012, 10:13 AM PST

• SMBs will benefit from the Google and Amazon custom server strategy

  With huge cloud players building their own stripped-down servers on a massive scale, midsize data centers could reap benefits from the altered server landscape.

  Posted by Scott Lowe | December 10, 2012, 5:30 AM PST

• Resetting vpxuser credentials for an ESXi host

  Every now and then things you don’t touch need correcting, including the vSphere vpxuser account. Rick Vanover shows how to reset this critical account’s credentials.

  Posted by Rick Vanover | December 5, 2012, 6:35 AM PST

• Working with and resizing Windows Server 2012 VHDs

  John Joyner unveils the new VHDX format and shows how to easily reduce both the size and capacity of this file format in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.

  Posted by John Joyner | December 3, 2012, 6:41 AM PST