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The VIRTUMANIA continues with Episode 14! Marc, Rick and I host very special guests David Davis and Greg Schulz for a discussion about networking for virtualization. The following is the podcast summary:

VIRTUMANIA Podcast Episode 14 – Virtualization and Networking Turf Wars. Hosts Rich Brambley (@rbrambley) of VMETC and Marc Farley (@3parfarley) of 3Par and StorageRap.com with regular Rick Vanover (@rickvanover) of RickVanover.com are joined by special guests David Davis (@davidmdavis)vmwarevideos.com and Greg Schulz (@storageio) of storageioblog.com. This week’s episode covers the important but often overlooked network architecture needed for successful virtual infrastructure. Our discussion eventually compares the data center battle for control, management, and monitoring of virtual machine traffic to rival gangs dancing for superiority in the Michael Jackson music video "Bad". Thanks to Greg Knieriemen (@knieriemen) of Chi Corporation for this Infosmack Production.

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In the “lucky” thirteenth episode of VIRTUMANIA Rick, Marc, and I engage very special guest Chris Wolf in a interesting discussion about Citrix XenServer and the recent cloud announcements from the Synergy 2010 Conference. The following is the podcast summary:

VIRTUMANIA Podcast Episode 13 – Analyzing Citrix Cloud Synergy. Rich Brambley (@rbrambley) of VMETC and Marc Farley (@3parfarley) of 3Par and StorageRap.com with guests and Rick Vanover (@rickvanover) of RickVanover.com and Gartner Virtualization Analyst Chris Wolf (@cswolf) of chriswolf.com and blogs.gartner.com/chris-wolf. Citrix Synergy 2010 wasn’t just about the the virtual desktop, and Chris Wolf joins us to discuss the server virtualization content of the recent conference in San Francisco. Citrix is definitely making strides with XenServer and their Cloud offerings, but amid all of the exciting announcements there were arguably some conference disappointments as well. We get Chris to analyze the good, the bad, and the ugly! Thanks to Greg Knieriemen (@knieriemen) of Chi Corporation for this Infosmack Production.

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If EMC World can be called the “Super Bowl of Storage” then Episode 12 of VIRTUMANIA is the post game analysis! Guests Scott Lowe, Stephen Foskett, and Rick Vanover help Marc and me get to the bottom of the virtualization game plan from EMC’s 2010 conference. The following is the podcast summary:

VIRTUMANIA Podcast Episode 12 – EMC World 2010 Post Game Analysis. Rich Brambley (@rbrambley) of VMETC and Marc Farley(@3parfarley Infosmack Podcast) and show regular Rick Vanover (@rickvanover rickvanover.com) host guests Scott Lowe (@scott_lowe blog.scottlowe.org) and Stephen Foskett (@sfoskett GestaltIT.com Pack Rat Blog). If Chris Berman, Linda Cohn, Hannah Storm, Erin Andrews and Bonnie Bernstein covered a virtualization conference the results would be nothing like this! You’ll probably never hear a conversation about the private cloud, VPLEX, deduplication, long distance vmotion, FAST, data tiering, vSphere, and more on ESPN that’s for sure. Thanks to Greg Knieriemen (@knieriemen) of Chi Corporation for this Infosmack Production.

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In VIRTUMANIA episode 10 Theron Conrey and Simon Wardley join Marc and me for closer look at the open source Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud. The following is the podcast summary:

VIRTUMANIA Podcast Episode 10 – Rooters, Hummers, and the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Hosted by Rich Brambley (@rbrambley) of VMETC and Marc Farley (@3parfarley) of 3Par and StorageRap.com. Theron Conrey (@theronconrey http://www.conrey.org / vmunderground.com) joins us as we explore Ubuntu’s Enterprise Cloud with Simon Wardley (@swardley blog.gardeviance.org) of Canonical.  Simon explains how hypervisors are quickly becoming commodities, discusses his OSCON presentation on Why The Cloud Really Matters, reveals how Ubuntu’s partnership with Eucalyptus provides an open source alternative for IaaS, and compares Ubuntu’s cloud to the implementation and features of other popular commercial cloud infrastructures. Thanks to Greg Knieriemen (@knieriemen) for this Infosmack Production.

Off topic conversation this week includes a call to action for more steering wheel camera videos and how to order half of a lobster in Denmark!

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Check out VIRTUMANIA Episode 9 as Rick once again joins me and Marc. This week’s very special guest, Brent Ozar, tells us how to make friends and influence SQL DBAs when virtualizing databases. The following is the podcast summary:

VIRTUMANIA Podcast Episode 9 - We Got Your Virtualized SQL Right Here! Hosted by Rich Brambley (@rbrambley) of VMETC. Marc Farley (@3parfarley) of 3Par and StorageRap.com co hosts. Virtumania veteran Rick Vanover (@rickvanover www.rickvanover.com) is back again, and rounding out the roster is special guest and SQL MVP Brent Ozar (@brent0 http://www.brentozar.com). The crew explores the latest SQL 2008 R2 DAC features and the potential for future “VMware DRS -like” migrations of databases between hosts, discusses various techniques for convincing DBAs that virtualizing SQL is a good thing, considers database server architecture and design for VI, ponders SQL in private and public clouds, and even dips into MS and SQL licensing for virtual infrastructure. There’s plenty to learn about virtualizing SQL whether you are a VI Admin or a DBA in this episode. Thanks to Greg Knieriemen (@knieriemen) for this Infosmack Production.

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I want to say thanks to all the Virtumania listeners, the guests that have been on so far (and will be on in the future), and the crew of VIRTUMANIACS that are on with me every week. We have surpassed over 4000 subscribers in just 8 episodes! I’m amazed the podcast has been accepted so well. It’s a lot of fun to do and I look forward to the conversations in the future!

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Episode 8 of the VIRTUMANIA Podcast was great! Marc and I team up again with Rick Vanover for a conversation with Vaughn Stewart of  NetApp. The following is the podcast summary:

VIRTUMANIA Podcast Episode 8 – Barbecue SMT Architecture Plate. Hosted by Rich Brambley (@rbrambley) of VMETC. Marc Farley (@3parfarley) of 3Par and StorageRap.com co hosts with guests Rick Vanover (@rickvanover www.rickvanover.com) and Vaughn Stewart (@vstewed http://blogs.netapp.com/virtualstorageguy/) of NetApp. After some general fun about Infosmack’s activities at SNW last week and the upcoming NetApp vs EMC debate scheduled for this year’s Charlotte VMUG in June, the conversation segues from the different types of regional barbecue in the Southeastern U.S. to Secure Multi Tennancy Architecture. Various technologies that make up SMT from VMware, Cisco, NetApp, and even other storage company’s solutions that can create similar multi tennancy scenarios are touched upon. An example is developed of an IT department responsible for various barbecue “departments” on a secure, isolated, but consolidated virtual infrastructure. This episode is sure to leave you hungry for more! Thanks to Greg Knieriemen (@knieriemen) for this Infosmack Production.

Farley gets Greg Knieriemen to laugh again and wins 1,000 VIRTUMANIA Bucks. Rick needs help securing the Rickatron.com domain, and the whole crew doubts my reference to Alabama BBQ styles.

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VIRTUMANIA  Episode 7 features a VDI discussion with J. Tyler Rohrer. Greg substitutes for Marc as my co host again, and the Prince of Pella, Sean Clark, returns for more of the mayhem. The following is the podcast summary:

VIRTUMANIA Podcast Episode 7 – VDI Plumber Crack. Hosted by Rich Brambley (@rbrambley) of VMETC. Greg Knieriemen (@knieriemen) of Chi Corporation replaces Marc Farley (@3parfarley) of 3Par and StorageRap.com as this week’s episode Co Host. Our “other regular” guest Sean Clark (@vseanclark) of www.vmunderground.com is back to talk VDI with special guest Tyler Rohrer (@t_rex_vdi), COO of Liquidware Labs. The focus of this epsiode is virtual desktop assessment, design, planning, implementation, and migration. The topics range from Liquidware Labs’ Stratusphere tool, generic thoughts on what is VDI, ideas about factors impacting mass adoption, discussion about Microsoft’s recent licensing changes, to details about I/O performance based on types of disks and storage protocols. We even throw in some talk about the iPad just to be trendy! Thanks to Greg Knieriemen for this Infosmack Production.

Join us for some great laughs while discussing the serious topic of virtual desktop infrastructure.

Disclaimer: All references to plumbers, plumbing, hot dogs, fanny packs, and Budweiser are virtual.

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