it_user70752

IT Administrator at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Has 10+ Years Of Experience

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Almost 12 years ago

Answered a question: How does VMware ESXi compare to alternative virtualization solutions?

I've used Xen/OVM and ESXi, mostly OVM. The one project that I used ESXi for, was a turning point as by then I was converted. ESXi was easier to manage and very quick to install on the physical hardware. The management in creating, starting and stopping VMs was done from…

Over 12 years ago

Commented on The full product is very complex plus the licensing left much to be improved

We were a Linux shop so HP QC was used as there was a port. Looking at the SmartBear web site doesn't show a Linux port so we were restricted by the use of the OS of choice. SmartBear looks good for smaller companies as long as you are running Windows.

Projects

Over 12 years ago

Application Integration Project

Disk Storage Systems Administrator at UK Tier1 for LHC experiment

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Almost 12 years ago

Server Virtualization Software

How does VMware ESXi compare to alternative virtualization solutions?

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Over 12 years ago

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites

The full product is very complex plus the licensing left much to be improved

About me

CPD in Big Data technologies; Infrastructure Engineer at Cloudant; Integration Engineer at Xyratex; Performance Engineer at BlueArc/HDS, CPD and Consulting; Principal Linux Support Engineer at Oracle; Disk Systems Admin at RAL(STFC); Technical Account Mgr at SCO; Technical Marketing at BULL; Unix Support Manager at Systems Reliability; Communications programmer at McDonnell Douglas; Systems Engineer at Northern Telecom; Software programmer at ICL, Mainframe Support at ICL and Hardware Support Engineer at ICL.

Certifications

IEEE IET ACM BCS FEANI Euro. Eng CITP UKUUG CMI

Employers

Cloudant
Xyratex
BlueArc/Hitachi Data Systems
Oracle
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - STFC
SCO
BULL
Systems Reliability
McDonnell Douglas
Northern Telecom
ICL

Education

University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

Interesting Projects and Accomplishments

Over 12 years ago

Application Integration Project