IaaS Digest: 30 Virtualization and Cloud Content

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This week we talked about convergent (and hyperconvergent) IT infrastructure. Today you will find our classic IaaS-digest, prepared by the experts of IT-GRAD .
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Server virtualization, and after it, and cloud technologies, every year more and more penetrate into many industries. Therefore, we again decided to collect for you materials on this topic from our stocks.

Other issues of IaaS digest:

• 30 materials on projects implemented in the cloud
• 30 materials on virtualization
• 30 materials on information security

Clouds and E-commerce Virtualization

Market research of cloud technologies in the field of e-commerce in Russia. We will describe the situation in this niche and tell you how its participants see the clouds.

Performance Optimization in vSphere: Solving Major CPU Problems

How to quickly identify a problem related to processor performance, which metrics in this case will be the most informative? These and many other questions related to CPU performance in a vSphere virtual environment will be answered in this article.

Performance Optimization in vSphere: Solving Major CPU Problems (Part 2)

Continuation of the material about the features of monitoring vCPU. It will also look at how to improve performance.

Containers as a Service (CaaS): features of the service “containers as a service”

What are the features of the cloud service CaaS? Consider this article.

Log Insight: Continuing Acquaintance with VMware Cloud Logging Solution

This article introduces you to the VMware Log lnsight solution, focusing on the principles and features of working in cluster mode. Even in this material will focus on the organization of search and redirect events.

What are vSphere embedded containers and why are VCHs created?

In this article, we will introduce you to vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC) technology, which allows you to work with containers on vSphere both locally and in a VMware public cloud.

Containers or virtual machines - what is the best choice for your company?

The question is somewhat more complicated than “where will more applications fit”.

PowerShell and VMware Mix: Discovering New Features

Solving automation problems with PowerShell.

VMware Tools Overview: Understanding the Features

Did you know that VMware offers three types of VM tools for monitoring workflows in a virtual, cloud-based environment? This article discusses existing VM Tools and their useful properties.

Unboxing Cisco UCS M4308 Servers

"IT-GRAD" prefers modern servers, with a special emphasis on the demanded functionality. Next, we look at the Cisco UCS M4308 modular server that came into our possession.

Cloud technologies for everyone: IaaS and SaaS for small, medium and large organizations

In general, the phrase “cloud technologies” hides any way to work in a virtual environment, and the term is used differently. Some options can be successfully applied in companies of any size, while others only make sense under certain conditions. How best to use the cloud in your company? Let's try to figure it out.

VMware Virtual SAN 6.1 Storage Cluster Configuration for Remote Office

As practice shows, recently platforms based on server virtualization have become the most popular option for deploying applications in the data center. In this article, we will look at a solution for creating VMware Virtual SAN 6.1 storage clusters.

Virtual data center and private cloud: what is the difference

Although virtualization is a key technology in the private cloud, they are not synonymous. What is the difference? Understand here.

VMware couldn't get past containers

Review of the solution for working with container virtualization, demonstrated at the VMworld conference.

What you should know about Virtual Volumes

In this article, we dive into VVOL technology, find out why virtual volumes are needed, and formulate five important questions before implementation.

vCloud Connector: hybrid cloud in practice for vSphere

In this lab we will perform a bunch of local infrastructure vSphere client company with a public cloud vCloud Director IT-GRAD.

vCloud Connector: hybrid cloud in practice for vCloud Director

Lab: a bunch of private cloud vCloud Director client company with a public cloud vCloud Director IT-GRAD

Cisco ASAv Virtual Firewall: Features, Deployment, and Configuration

Overview of Cisco ASAv Virtual Firewall

Seven nuances of cloud SLA: what you should pay attention

Each provider offering IaaS, SaaS and other services declares guarantees of the availability of cloud resources and services, which is confirmed by the Service Level Agreement (SLA). When concluding a contract with a supplier, the client should pay attention to the details of the SLA, since in trivialities important details are usually hidden. We will talk about them in this article.

Virtual parking and car diagnostics from the cloud

The answer to the question “when it is better to use cloud technologies?” Lies on the surface. The cloud solves not only typical tasks, its application may be much more useful and in demand. As a confirmation, we present several interesting cases.

Corporate Cloud: Connection Options

Today, more and more companies are transferring their infrastructure to the cloud. This article discusses the main connectivity options: RDP client, RemoteApp, web access, Remote access VPN, site-to-site VPN, DirectAccess, VDI.

Virtual IT Infrastructure: Pros and Cons

As part of this article, the author talks about the pros and cons of virtualization technology and answers the question of whether infrastructure should be virtualized for small businesses.

Few of the containers

On the advantages of containerization and the creation of the smallest containers - microcontainers.

Self Service with Cisco UCS Director

Guide: How to make sure that end users can create a request on the Cisco UCS Director self-service portal and automatically get a ready-made virtual machine.

What is Cisco UCS Director?

Cisco UCS Director is a software product that automates the management of a heterogeneous IT data center infrastructure. In this post we will talk about why it is needed and what tasks it solves.

The near future of cloud technology and virtualization

Let's try to evaluate the upcoming trends in the field of high technologies.

The most interesting of the vSphere 6 arsenal

This article will talk about the sixth version of the VMware vSphere family of server virtualization products. What changes have affected this release, what innovations have appeared.

IaaS-cases: How the "cloud" helps the business

In this article, the author will introduce you to examples of real business case studies with IaaS.

VCloud Tools: IT GRAD Experience

Let's talk about the components of the vCloud family.

How the VMware cloud works, as well as networking and network connectivity

Recently, server-based virtualization platforms have become one of the most popular ways to deploy applications in data centers. As part of this post, we will talk about what lies in the implementation features of the VMware cloud and how to organize the network.