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OSCON 2013 – Recap
I was very pleased to meet with Joseph B. George, Barton George and with Rob Hirschfeld during this year’s OSCON. Joseph and I spoke about the announcements Dell made around OpenStack and Hadoop,...
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New Delta Reports available for new Driver CABs on Dell TechCenter
Authored by Sujeet Kumar and Manoj KumarWe are pleased to announce availability of new content about System Driver CABs on Dell Tech Center called a "Delta Report”. The driver CABs are updated based on...
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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Best Posts of the Week around...
"The Elway Gazette"Hi Community, here is my compilation of the most interesting technical blog posts written by members of the Microsoft MVP Community. The number of MVPs is growing well, I hope you...
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Reflection on OSCON 2013
A couple of weeks ago, I was on my way to OSCON, one of the largest open source conferences. I know some may ask, "What is Dell doing there?" Despite Dell's long investment in Linux and open source (my...
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Accelerate your Data warehouse query performance with SQL Server 2012...
The need is clearWe all know that data warehouse (DW) applications typically:Support complex analytical query activities using very large data sets.Fetch millions of records from the database for...
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Assessing implications of applications migrations in Dell and VMware virtual...
As an industry we have learned a few lessons when it comes to designing and optimizing virtual desktop environments. Things like the importance of carefully designing the storage infrastructure, and...
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August 8: Google+ Hangout with Puppet Labs 6.00 - 7.00 pm CEST (GMT + 2)
We are hosting our third OpenStack User Group Meetup on August 8th at 6.00 - 7.00 pm CEST (GMT + 2 hrs) at Hackerspace in Technopark Pomerania, an IT hub for local public and private tech...
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Determining drive slot location on Linux for LSI-9207 SAS controllers
Posted on behalf of Jordan Hargrave, Linux Software EngineerThe LSI 9207 controller is a SAS HBA controller that is supported in several Dell PowerEdge servers. Due to Linux and SAS supporting hotplug,...
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Performance characterization for boot-on-demand scenarios in Dell and VMware...
A fundamental component for all of our Dell and VMware solutions for desktop virtualization is the execution of a variety of performance characterizations and evaluations. Dell and VMware engineering...
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SCOM 2012 SP1 support, VRTX monitoring and more…with the new 5.1 release of...
Version 5.1 of the Dell Server Management Pack Suite adds support for System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager and new server platforms & firmware from Dell (including the exciting Dell PowerEdge...
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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Best Posts of the Week around...
“The Elway Gazette”Hi Community, here is my compilation of the most interesting technical blog posts written by members of the Microsoft MVP Community. The number of MVPs is growing well, I hope you...
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TechChat: Host Integration Tools for Microsoft 4.6
Join us today on the Dell TechCenterTechChat as we talk about the Host Integration Tools for Microsoft version 4.6. We will have experts online to answer all your questions and talk about the new...
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Wrap Up: Google+ Hangout with Puppet Labs
We hosted our 3rd OpenStack User Group Meetup last week on August 8 with Chris Hoge from Puppet Labs. If you were not able to attend, here’ s the recorded session:We are going to host our next OSUG...
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Near Real Time Extract Transform Load (ETL) using Boomi Web Services Server...
OverviewThe Boomi Web Services Server connector is a listener that accepts HTTP and SOAP requests in real-time and initiates Dell Boomi AtomSphere processes. When a process containing this connector is...
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Expert Oracle RAC 12c now in print
Dell Engineer co-authoring the new Apress book “Expert Oracle RAC 12c”Kai Yu, a Senior Principal Engineer from Dell Oracle Solution Engineering organization has co-authored the latest Oracle 12c Real...
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Desktop Virtualization: Leveraging Dell EqualLogic hybrid blade arrays for a...
Earlier we have been discussing the VDI use cases of the three different series of Dell EqualLogic hybrid storage arrays we offer.As you recall, EqualLogic PS-M4110XS series hybrid arrays provide a...
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Citrix XenServer: Hardware Compatibility List, clarification on the use of...
written by Jerry Clement, Dell Enterprise OS Engineering, Project Manager/Engineer for Citrix XenServer Here's an interesting scenario. It's not a BIG deal, but knowing about it might help in the...
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Dell PowerEdge R820 VMmark result
This post was written by Waseem Raja, an engineer on the Dell Solutions Performance Anaylsis teamI’ve gotten a lot of questions around a VMmark result on the Dell PowerEdge R820. I’m happy to announce...
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Dell Open Source Ecosystem Digest #26. Issue Highlight: “Yes, you can: make...
“Yes, you can: make money selling OpenStack”: please find the blog post at the Mirantis page. Enjoy reading!DevOpsOpscode: “In the News: DevOps @ Cerner, AGILE2013, in the Cloud… Everywhere”Opscode:...
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Automate Deployment of Hadoop Clusters with Dell Crowbar and Cloudera Manager
by Mike Pittaro Deploying, managing, and operating Apache Hadoop clusters can be complex at all levels of the stack, from the hardware on up. To hide this complexity and reduce deployment time, since...
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