Dell U2410 PIP (Picture in Picture)
Today I wanted to configure my Dell U2410 to use Picture in Picture so I could watch the cricket while I was working 🙂 Now, I thought this was simple. Select the menu and choose PIP and select HDMI. Turns out thats not actually the case. The Dell U2410 only supports PIP for certain inputs. It took me a while to find, Here is the full list of supported PIP modes that you can actually watch at the same time. Main Source = VGA PIP to = DVI, HDMI, DP, Component, Composite Main source = DVI PIP to = VGA, DP, Component, Composite Main Source = HDMI PIP to = VGA, DP, Component, Composite Main Source = DP PIP to = VGA, DVI, HDMI, Component, Composite Main Source = Component PIP to = VGA, DVI, HDMI, DP, Composite Main Source = Composite PIP to = VGA, DVI, HDMI, DP, Component […]
VMTurbo Home Lab Giveaway
This is a really quick article on a subject I don’t normally write about. VMTurbo are offering the chance for 3 lucky people to win some nice Homelab equipment. I definitely think its worth the opportunity to enter the competition. Looking at the spec its nice, I hope I win 🙂 VMTurbo Home Lab Giveaway So what do you get in this VMTurboStack Home Lab? Intel NUC with Intel Core i5-4250U G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (2x8G) 204-Pin DDR3 Memory SAMSUNG 840 EVO 250GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive Synology DS415+ Diskless System DiskStation 4-Bay NAS 2x Dell 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″ Hard Drive Cisco SG300-10 10-port Gigabit Managed Switch Rosewill 7ft. Cat 6 Network Cable Click here to enter the competition and win.
PernixData and the Cloud
After spending some time with Frank Denneman (Chief Technologist for PernixData) I started thinking about how you could leverage their product FVP to help deliver solid reliable cloud services. First lets look at what PernixData FVP actually does. The video below describes how FVP works. I am not going into all the details about PernixData FVP that’s Frank’s job. Re-think Storage performance with PernixData FVP from PernixData on Vimeo. Sounds pretty cool right. So how does this solution benefit the cloud? Why would I bring this technology into my stack when I am a Service Provider offering IaaS? The Challenge One of the big challenges with cloud is storage performance. Most cloud infrastructures offer multi-tenant environments, which means that multiple customers run on the same hardware. They share that hardware, including the storage array. Yes all your workloads are logically isolated, but it is still shared hardware underneath. You are […]
Enhanced vCloud Air Disaster Recovery features coming soon
Lots to talk about over at VMware’s Cloud Services Business Unit. Â Yesterday VMware made the Virtual Private Cloud On-Demand Generally Available which is the new pay as you go credit card offering. Â They also announced enhanced Disaster Recovery features that will be released in the coming months. Â I think this announcement went a little unheard due to the big splash On-Demand made. This release is of particular importance to me, as it is the one I am concentrating all my time and effort developing demo’s, video’s, tutorials, use cases and presentations on, so excuse me for being a little excited lol. Â I will also be talking about this more in-depth at the London VMUG on 22nd January. The three key features for the next release of vCloud Air Disaster Recovery are: Native Fail back Native fail back allows you to replicate your virtual machines back to your on premises datacenter, […]