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The VMware ESXi partitions layout on the system disk has remained almost the same for several years.

VMware ESXi 6.x partitions layout was the same from previous 5.x versions and there ware only some exceptions with bigger disks (with two different diagnostic partitions.

Starting with ESXi 7.0 the partions layout is now totally changed.

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QNAP is one of the leaders in the Home/SMB NAS area, with a lot of products including also some Enteprise solutions.

But the big advantage of this product is the flexibility to add “apps” and extend the functions of the NAS itself to not only store data, but also use them or provide vertical solutions (like for example video-surveillance).

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This year is very active for NAKIVO: on January they announced the version of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.1, on February the NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.2 and now it’s the turn of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.3.

The newest version offers native protection of Oracle databases via RMAN.

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iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER) accelera e migliora le prestazione del protocollo iSCSI utilizzando la modalità RDMA (Remote DMA) supportata da alcune schede di rete. 

iSER consente ai dati di bypassare i driver di rete generici, il livello socket, e di accedere direttamente nel buffer di memoria del server. Anche il tempo di risposta si riduce per garantire la qualità di servizio del NAS. Combinando iSCSI con RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access), iSER offre miglioramenti impressionanti e una maggiore efficienza sia per ambienti fisici, sia per ambienti di virtualizzazione.

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VMware PowerCLI is a suite of PowerShell modules to manage VMware products and services. VMware PowerCLI includes over 700 cmdlets to easily manage your infrastructure on a global scale.

One year and half after PowerCLI 11.0.0, VMware has released the new PowerCLI 12.0 to allign PowerCLI with the new vSphere 7.0 release.

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Runecast Analyzer è un tool di analisi per ambienti VMware vSphere che si basa su un database di tutti gli articoli di VMware KB disponibili, sia per verificare l’applicazione delle best practice, sia per quando riguarda l’identificazione di possibili rischi o errori di configurazione.

Basato su una semplice virtual appliance (VA), facile da deployare e aggiornare, in pochi minuti è in grado di analizzare il vostro VMware vSphere.

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NVIDIA and Mellanox today announced that the companies have reached a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Mellanox. Pursuant to the agreement, NVIDIA will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Mellanox for $125 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $6.9 billion.

Once complete, the combination is expected to be immediately accretive to NVIDIA’s non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP earnings per share and free cash flow.

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