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Following the XenServer HA announcement, we’ve been approached with questions like “How exactly does XenServer HA work?” and “How does XenServer HA and everRun VM work together.” Rather than respond ourselves we thought it would be best to point to a few fellow bloggers who have already answered these questions. First, here’s a good post written by Anil Madhavapeddy at Citrix discussing how the overall architecture of XenServer HA works. Second, Scott Lowe has put together a great summary of why Citrix and Marathon worked together to develop XenServer HA. If you want more details, please leave us a comment. ... (more)

links for 2008-09-27

VMTalk.com » Post Topic » VMworld 2008 wrap-up – Part 1 summary and wrap-up of vmworld 2008 - part 1 (tags: vmworld2008) VMTalk.com » Post Topic » VMware defends its upcoming fault tolerance feature vmware responds to criticism of its fault tolerance software (tags: vmware) Best Blog Posts of VMworld 2008 - Holy VM! a round-up of some of the best blog posts that came out of vmworld 2008 (tags: vmworld2008) VMworld first-timer: My take on the show - Virtualization Pro: A SearchVMware.com blog a vmworld rookie gives his take on the event (tags: vmworld2008) NetApp - Storage Nuts & ... (more)

links for 2008-09-24

VMworld 2008: Top 10 Products top 10 products from VMworld 2008 (tags: vmworld2008) Avastu Blog: Sustainable Global Clouds: VMworld 2008 Vegas: Chris Neal, BlueStripe CEO interviewed CEO of BlueStripe Software interviewed at VMworld (tags: vmworld2008) Live from VMworld 2008: Day 2 – VMware Keynote | virtualization.info highlights and things to expect from Day 2 of Vmworld (tags: vmworld2008) VMTalk.com » Post Topic » Verizon Business to offer new virtualization services Verizon to offer virtualization services - announced at VMworld (tags: vmworld2008) VMworld 2008 - VMware CTO ... (more)

A Closer Look at System-Level Fault Tolerance

Last week at VMworld we demonstrated our everRun VM Lockstep Option for Citrix XenServer 5. Despite the decrease in foot traffic on the show floor, the turnout was much higher than expected. High airline prices (or possibly just the Vegas night life :)) may have kept some people away, but we presume our high turnout was a result of the increase in innovative sessions and seminars. For those of you who weren’t able to attend or were there but didn’t get an up-close look at our everRun VM Lockstep demo, Michael Keen (a.k.a. C1tr1xguru) shot this video of our CTO, Jerry Melnick, gi... (more)

links for 2008-10-02

VMworld 2008 wrap-up – Part 3 | virtualization.info Alessandro takes a look at how VMware competitors positioned themselves at VMworld. Check out Marathon’s inclusion in this post! (tags: marathontechnologies vmworld2008) VMworld 2008 wrap-up – Part 2 | virtualization.info In this second part, Alessandro Perilli summarizes and analyzes the type of message the partners delivered while VMware was flying high in skies full of clouds. (tags: vmworld2008) The Dark Side of Virtualization Bob Waldie, co-founder of Opengear, shares his thoughts on the value proposition of server virtua... (more)