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Testing vmxnet3 speed

2 March 2020
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Reading Time: 4 minutesOne important concept of virtual networking is that the virtual network adapter (vNIC) speed it’s just a “soft” limit used to provide a common model comparable with the physical world. The real limit depends by several aspects, included the hpyervisor, the CPU speed, the available RAM and (for external comunication) also by the physical NIC speed. For this reason, the Intel e1000 and e1000e vNIC can reach a real bandwidth bigger than the canonical 1 Gpbs link speed. But what about the vmxnet3 vNIC that can advertise also the 10 Gpbs link speed. What is […]

Highlights, VMware, vNetworking

NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.2

13 February 2020
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Reading Time: 2 minutesLast month, NAKIVO has announced the version of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.1, and now it’s the turn of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.2. This is the 28th software release of their backup and data protection product. A really fast-growning product. The main news is the support of Office 365 backup! To be more precise is better say that support the backup of the Exchange Online part.

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VMware core tax

6 February 2020
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Reading Time: 3 minutesSome days ago, VMware has updated its per-socket pricing model effective from April 2, 2020. Instead of require only one license per socket (so per physical CPU), in the new model, one license will cover up to 32 cores… with more cores you need more licenses (one each 32 cores).

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NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.1

20 January 2020
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Reading Time: 2 minutesNAKIVO has just announced the new version of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.1, that is the 27th software release of their backup and data protection product.  Compare to NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.0, there are several new features in this release: Native Backup to Tape, Physical Linux Server Backup, Physical Workstation Backup, and Instant Verification.

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#NutanixNTC 2020 – Nutanix Technology Champion

23 December 2019
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Reading Time: 2 minutesNutanix has announced the Nutanix Technology Champions (NTC) 2020 list. NTC is a community award, started on 2014, similar to others programs like VMware vExpert, Microsoft MVP, Cisco Champions, EMC Elect, … rewarding members of the community on their efforts in sharing their knowledge and enabling fellow community members.

Nutanix, vCertification

VAMI backup retention issue

6 December 2019
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Reading Time: 2 minutesA usual way to backup the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) is to manage as a common VM and use a backup solution to backup (and restore) the entire VM. But it’s approach does not always work and cannot guarantee a restore in some cases, for example in the case of a database corruption.

vBackup, VMware

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v4.0

26 November 2019
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Reading Time: 4 minutesVeeam has introduced Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 in November 2016, and it became a great success because it’s simple, light, fast to deploy and the restore process remain quite the same of Veeam Backup & Replication with the powerful granular restore. Version 2.0 was a huge milestone with the support both for SharePoint and OneDrive (Business). Version 3.0 (April 2019) improves the backup speed of SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business incremental backups by integrating with the native Change API for Microsoft Office 365.

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