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New Open Source Storage NAS on the block: NAS4Free

New Open Source Storage NAS on the block: NAS4Free

A few weeks ago I came across a new Open Source Storage NAS system: NAS4Free. This is another lightweight NAS system (like FreeNas, OpenFiler,…) which can be installed on Compact Flash/USB/SSD key, hard disk or booted of from a LiveCD. NAS4Free is build on FreeBSD 9.0 and has ZFS v28 included, it was first release on 2012-03-22. NAS4Free supports Software JBOD, RAID 0, 1 and 5 configurations as well as Hardware RAID. Besides several types of RAID you can also…

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Veeam Backup And Replication 6.1 released

Veeam Backup And Replication 6.1 released

Today Veeam announced their new major release: Veeam Backup and Replication 6.1. This major release includes several improvements and some interesting new additions. VeeamZIP: Version 6.1 includes a new capability for performing ad-hoc backups. In many ways, it functions like a zip utility for VMs. For this reason, it’s called VeeamZIP. Backup a VM on-the-fly: Instead of running the regular backup job (which typically contains multiple VMs and a specified number of restore points) or creating a new backup job,…

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Sending vCenter Alarm Notifications to Jabber

Sending vCenter Alarm Notifications to Jabber

If you are a person like me who uses Jabber to communicate with other people and you administrator a VMware environment the following post might be useful for you. If you don’t use your own Jabber/XMPP server, you can use your Gmail account and connect to the Google XMPP servers. VMware vCenter comes with a standard set of alarms which can be configured with a few options: – Send a notification email – Send a notification trap – Run a…

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Zimbra 7.2 released

Zimbra 7.2 released

Today VMware also made an announcement regarding the new release on Zimbra, bringing the current version onto 7.2. It was already released last week with some significant improvements. To begin with, emails are now protected with S/MIME encryption and signing, both of which are now native to the Zimbra Web Client and work with Outlook using the Zimbra Connector for Outlook. Which is to say, messages can be read only by the intended recipient, with the sender’s identity assured. Previously,…

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Project Octopus Beta Now Available

Project Octopus Beta Now Available

Last September, VMware provided a glimpse into the future. It demonstrated a new technology, called Project Octopus, that promised to be the first viable Enterprise cloud file sharing application. The way people manage and share information within the Enterprise is changing, and Project Octopus is at the forefront of meeting these new needs. Today VMware announces that the beta is open to all and it will last through VMworld. Keep in mind that due to limited support resources, priority will…

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