Open Source community now offers a wide range of powerful tools for managing enterprise grade Private Cloud. It is difficult to define where from the successful journey of Open Source Private Cloud Softwares started, but yes as we have written ago, CentOS community, which comes with the tag line "The Community Enterprise Operating System" definitely has reduced the cost of Virtualization. Along … [Read more...]
Private Cloud Network Monitoring – Approches And Views
Private Cloud Network Monitoring apart from the technical part can be divided in to several approaches from Users' and Providers' point of view. Private Cloud Network Monitoring requires some newer approaches for the network management part. As we have mentioned ago, Private Cloud can be a good alternative to Public Cloud Services, as Public Cloud does have security issues which are not … [Read more...]
32 bit (x86) Virtualization and 64 bit (x64) Virtualization
In 1974 Gerald J. Popek and Robert P. Goldberg described the conditions for computer which can efficiently support virtualization. This is known as requirements Popek and Goldberg. x86 based processors, however was no compatible with this theory. Stanford University did pioneering works on x86 Virtualization. In 1999, VMware introduced the first commercially available x86 virtualization … [Read more...]
Storage Virtualization – What it is, How it Works
Storage Virtualization is a type of virtualization where multiple devices are attached storage to network, in what appears to be a single storage unit. This is the definition of storage virtualization, but it needs some explanation in brief with examples to make a normal reader understand, how storage virtualization basically works. Storage Virtualization often used in storage networks, a … [Read more...]
Cloud Computing Services In Various Practical Fields
The practical application of Virtualization through various Cloud Computing Services are growing. From Medical Research to Agriculture, various approaches through Cloud Computing Services has been made by different companies. We have discussed about Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and other various as a service like DaaS, XaaS etc. In … [Read more...]
Virtualization and Fabric Computing
Almost all of the advanced readers are well aware of Virtualization by now. Even if have not a big depth how Virtualization works, most users know about Virtual Private Server, Cloud Computing etc. terminologies. Fabric Computing is a bit less known. Fabric Computing can be thought as a forerunner of Cloud Computing which is based on Virtualization Technology. So, just like I have wrote in my … [Read more...]
Cloud Computing Myths – 10 Myths Users Falsely Believe
Cloud Computing Myths are growing along with the growth of Cloud.Though it is not possible to know all the points which users falsely believe, here are top 10 such floating Cloud Computing Myths. Cloud Computing Myths - Reasons For Persisting The hype around the topic of cloud computing is at its peak. Companies are trying to push through various marketing strategies. The business … [Read more...]
CentOS Virtualization – Why People Uses It More
CentOS Virtualization, that means the Host Operating System is CentOS is used more over Debian Linux. CentOS is a free operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A bit looking back to the history of CentOS will be interesting. In 2007, University of Maiduguri decided to look for an alternative solution to their Existing Mikrotik based Hotspot system to tackle issue of repetitive … [Read more...]
Virtualization Vs Cloud Computing
Virtualization and Cloud Computing - often confusing to the common people. The aim of this article is to clarify the use of these technologies in a simple way as well as what is the relation of Cloud Computing with Virtualization. Why we are comparing with many related technologies in some current articles like Cloud Computing has been compared by an guest author, this one is a comparison with … [Read more...]
Cloud Backup Technologies – Advantages and Disadvantages
Cloud Backup Technologies are touted by the Cloud Service Providers as the best solution to backup your computer or server. Know the advantages and disadvantages of Cloud Backup Technology. As a user, we must need to know something more about these Cloud Backup Technologies. Approaches of Cloud Backup Two major approaches to cloud backup method exists. First is by a software as a … [Read more...]
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) – Advantages
Major problem with abbreviation of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure as VDI is, it represents several propietary and generalized terminologies, so it is better if VDI is avoided and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is used. More problem exists. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure has other names as well, like virtual desktop interface. In this article, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Virtual Desktop … [Read more...]