Archive for August 29th, 2009

Space Shuttle Atlantis – Launch in High Definition

Samstag, August 29th, 2009

VMware Workstation 6.5.3 | 2009/08/20 | Build: 185404 – for Windows/Linux

Samstag, August 29th, 2009

vmware_logo.jpg  VMware Workstation 6.5.3 is a maintenance release that resolves security as well as some known issues. With this release of VMware Workstation, certain new features and support have been added

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 – How to Calculate Processor Licenses for a Single VM

Samstag, August 29th, 2009

For a single VM, you divide data point A (number of virtual processors supporting the VM) by data point B (# of cores [HTT off] or threads [HTT on] per physical processor) to calculate the number of Processor licenses required for any SQL Server edition(s) that will be licensed. If the result is not a whole number, then you round up to the next whole number

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This example server has two quad-core processors supporting one VM running SQL Server. Hyper-threading is off, so each virtual processor is the equivalent of one core


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Note: If both of the physical processors are licensed for SQL Server Enterprise, then the software may be run on as many VMs as the hardware and operating system will support

Ein gemütlicher Sonntag auf dem Sofa, mit Kaffeetrinken und Lesen – doch plötzlich kippt die Stimmung …

Samstag, August 29th, 2009

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 – Evaluation is now available for download

Samstag, August 29th, 2009

ms_vmmr2_logo.jpg   Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 (VMM) is a comprehensive management solution for the virtualized data center. It enables increased physical server utilization, centralized management of virtual machine infrastructure, and rapid provisioning of new virtual machines by the administrator, delegated administrator, and authorized end users

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