Justin's IT Blog

HP Gen8 MicroServer; Is it time to update your lab ?

Posted by Justin on June 13, 2013 | 2 Comments

This week at HP Discover a new MicroServer was unveiled. It was billed as a server for the really small SMB or for a college dorm or home server even. However if you search around for virtualization home labs you will see that many people are using earlier generation HP Microservers. But is it time to upgrade to the latest MicroServer for your home lab? To answer ... Read more »

Trying out Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Wireless @ Home

Posted by Josh Kittle on June 3, 2013 | 1 Comment

Now let me start by saying, as my Twitter handle @ciscovoicedude implies, that yes I’m a bit of a Cisco fanboy, and disclaimer – I work for a Cisco partner. I’ve been using Cisco technology since the dinosaurs roamed the earth (and Justin was in diapers), and I’ve seen a lot of cool things come and go. Don’t get me wrong, Cisco has ... Read more »

Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2 Book Review

Posted by Justin on May 30, 2013 | 0 Comment

A couple of months ago Packt asked if I would do a technical review of a VMware View book for them written by Jason Ventresco. Jason is a blogger and and active twitter-er (is that a word?), check out his blog at http://vjason.com and his twitter account here. Anyhow I would definitely recommend getting the book, especially if you are thinking about implementing ... Read more »

Veeam V7 vCloud Director Preview

Posted by Justin on April 26, 2013 | 2 Comments

Veeam has been advertising some of their Veeam Backup and Replication V7 features for a while now, but I finally got access to the beta and was allowed to bring you a preview of some of the new technology. This post is about how you can use Veeam V7 to protect a vCloud Director environment, and I figured what better test lab environment to protect than the Hands ... Read more »

My Frustration with HyperV, do you really save anything?

Posted by Justin on April 16, 2013 | 28 Comments

If you follow my Twitter feed you knew this article was coming… After spending about 3 hours on the phone with a customer trying to help them get their CSV (Cluster Shared Volume) for HyperV back online (I was on the phone not because I’m a HyperV guy but because I implemented the storage they use for HyperV) I decided that maybe I should do a deep ... Read more »