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Oracle VM Server Sizing - One Size Does Not Fit All
Finding the ideal size and number of Oracle VM Servers may appear like a daunting task. Right sized Oracle VM Servers are the foundation of a cost effective, high performance successful Oracle VM implementation. There are many considerations to calculate the ideal size and number of Oracle VM Servers such as aggregate virtual machine CPU, memory, storage and networking requirements, along with high availability requirements. Admittedly, not all users know how to right size their Oracle VM Serve...
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Server Sizing - One Size Does Not Fit All
Mokum Solutions takes care of the server sizing needs of its clients for free with the Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Server Sizing Advisor. Most companies, especially those which are not that familiar with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, guesstimate the ideal size and number of servers for their deployment. Two things happen when you guesstimate the size and number of servers for a deployment: 1) Over-investing in hadrware leaves little or no budget for training and services. 2) Under-i...
Oracle Cloud Recipe Revealed with the Oracle Cloud Cookbook
Mokum Solutions, Inc. is renowned for having designed and managed many of the world's largest and most complex Oracle clouds. Through its Oracle Cloud Cookbook, Mokum offers an online resource to guide Oracle consumers through the design considerations, validation efforts and deployment steps required to deliver and support Oracle technologies in internal and/or external Oracle Clouds. The Oracle Cloud Cookbook is a comprehensive, field tested reference design that guides you through each step ...
InstallFree Nexus for Google Drive >COOL!
Google Drive is pretty awesome. It promises the ability to store your stuff in the cloud and work with your documents from your browser. It's not just a file-storage-and-sync service, but a real collaboration platform....
User Rights Management Can Kill?!
Removing Local Administrator Rights unilaterally can kill user productivity!...
The Bright Side of VM Sprawl
At a high level, it is easy to call the proliferation of virtual machines "sprawl" which connotes a negative use of resources. I think there is subtly here that implies not all this "sprawl" is actually bad....
Dell Enhances Desktop Virtualization Enterprise Offerings with Unidesk
Dell is enhancing its Desktop Virtualization Solutions (DVS) portfolio with the introduction of DVS Enterprise with Unidesk, helping to make it easier and more affordable for IT organizations with complex environments or diverse user needs to implement virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI)....
Windows 8 key combinations inside of Hyper-V
Along with the new user experience in Windows 8, we have introduced a number of new Windows-Key shortcut combinations. For example ? Windows Key + C will bring up the charms bar, while Windows Key + Z brings up the application bar. You can read about all of the various options on the Getting around in Windows 8 post on the Windows team blog....
How too many vCPUs can negatively affect your performance
Customer with small vSphere environment of just two hosts had performance issues and they asked me to investigate the situation. When looking at the technical specs at first glance, you would suspect that this configuration should work. With just two hosts, each dual Quad core CPU, the enivornment had a total of 16 CPU cores. In total there were only 9 VMs running using a total of 23 vCPUs. Usually you can easily run 5 vCPUs per core, if not more....
Citrix AppDNA Software Energizes Citrix Partners to Speed Deployments, Provide Deep Insight to Application Migration Issues and Opportunities
Citrix Summit is always an energizing event for channel partners and system integrators ? and this year Summit includes a new topic: accelerating application migrations with the recently acquired AppDNA application management software....

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