tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190116362011-06-04T06:55:02.290-04:00Directions and Thoughts for the Wintel platformkenmbzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06100622341217479803noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19011636.post-1146750119843528052006-05-04T09:38:00.000-04:002007-01-26T20:47:28.890-05:00Looking at products to help make our WAN and files systems work faster. CIFS acceleration, Compression, pattern matching etc. Currently looking at four products that have come up as the major players:<br />Cisco WAFS<br />Tacit Tapestry<br />Riverbed SteelHead<br />Junipers Perebit<br />Anyone with experience in these products let me know your opinions. Hardware arrives for our testing in a week or so.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19011636-114675011984352805?l=winteldirections.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>kenmbzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06100622341217479803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19011636.post-1132164156202209662005-11-16T12:38:00.000-05:002005-11-16T13:02:36.233-05:00I have approached some of our core developers with the idea of developing for grids instead of using big iron servers. Every time we upgrade a four or 8 cpu machine, I cringe at the price. But by using a series of small servers (blade/1u etc.) we would upgrade incrementaly and save big dollars long term.<br />The developers pushed back, as they are busy with new initiatives and this project has stalled. Any advice to get this back on track?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19011636-113216415620220966?l=winteldirections.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>kenmbzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06100622341217479803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19011636.post-1132160869857722012005-11-16T12:05:00.000-05:002005-11-16T13:06:32.560-05:00Second Thread- Sharepoint and collaboration - We are looking at a large scale collaboration strategy, utilizing various technologies. One of these is Windows Sharepoint Services, with Sharepoint portal so we can have cross site capabilities and personalization.<br />I think the personalization part is key to getting clients to use this system,<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19011636-113216086985772201?l=winteldirections.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>kenmbzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06100622341217479803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19011636.post-1132160719675320372005-11-16T12:01:00.000-05:002006-05-22T04:58:58.013-04:00First topic - We have been looking at VM and blade PCs for our DR and other remote type projects. So far it looks like Power users need the blade PCs, but we are looking at whether we can get enough performance to put 20 host XP desktops on a dual CPU server (Dl380 or X336 class) machine. Anyone tried to go the VM route, and any experiences you want to share?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19011636-113216071967532037?l=winteldirections.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>kenmbzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06100622341217479803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19011636.post-1132106413748154452005-11-15T20:56:00.000-05:002005-11-15T21:00:13.756-05:00Welcome to the Wintel Directions Blog - I will be covering new technologies concerning the world of Wintel products and working to find the directions these products will take - Ken<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19011636-113210641374815445?l=winteldirections.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>kenmbzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06100622341217479803noreply@blogger.com0