HP Archives - Thomas Maurer Cloud and Datacenter Blog focusing on Microsoft Azure Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:32:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-icon1024-32x32.png HP Archives - Thomas Maurer 32 32 71605618 Hyper-V Network Virtualization NVGRE: No connection between VMs on different Hyper-V Hosts https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2014/03/hyper-v-network-virtualization-nvgre-no-connection-between-vms-on-different-hyper-v-hosts/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2014/03/hyper-v-network-virtualization-nvgre-no-connection-between-vms-on-different-hyper-v-hosts/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:32:07 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=6408 I have worked on some project with Hyper-V Network Virtualization and NVGRE, and today I have seen an issue with Encapsulated Task Offloading on some HP Broadcom Network adapters.   Issue I have Hyper-V Hosts running with 10GbE Broadcom Network Adapters (HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 530FLR-SFP+ Adapter) with driver version 7.8.52.0 (released in 2014). I …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2014/03/hyper-v-network-virtualization-nvgre-no-connection-between-vms-on-different-hyper-v-hosts/feed/ 0 6408 The State of Cloud Storage in 2013 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2013/02/the-state-of-cloud-storage-in-2013/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2013/02/the-state-of-cloud-storage-in-2013/#respond Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:45:16 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=5027 Mark Russinovich just posted a tweeted with the Infographic for The State of Cloud Storage in 2013 which compares, Microsoft Windows Azure, Google, Amazon, Rackspace and HP.  

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2013/02/the-state-of-cloud-storage-in-2013/feed/ 0 5027 Building a new Hyper-V Private Cloud Lab https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/11/building-a-new-hyper-v-private-cloud-lab/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/11/building-a-new-hyper-v-private-cloud-lab/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:08:20 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2913 Two years ago I created my first real IT Lab with some HP ProLiant ML110 G5. I used this in the past years to test new products and projects. The Lab at this time was very limited, no storage, no cluster, not much RAM and weak CPU performance. Not much help if you work a …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/11/building-a-new-hyper-v-private-cloud-lab/feed/ 1 2913 HP Microserver N40L Raid Utility and Driver https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/10/hp-microserver-n40l-raid-utility-and-driver/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/10/hp-microserver-n40l-raid-utility-and-driver/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:18:26 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2750 Now after setting up my HP Microserver N40L as a Windows Homeserver I had to install the utilities to monitor the Raid and other Hardware. On the HP Support Site you can find a link to the AMD Download page where you can download the Chipset Driver which also includes the Raid Driver and the …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/10/hp-microserver-n40l-raid-utility-and-driver/feed/ 5 2750 WHS with HP ProLiant MicroServer N40L https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/10/whs-with-hp-proliant-microserver-n40l/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/10/whs-with-hp-proliant-microserver-n40l/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:45:51 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2692 Two days ago my HP ProLiant MicroServer N40L arrived. Since I need more disk space I was looking for a good NAS solution. My first experiences with some of the common NAS vendors were not that great, most of the time the NAS was very very slow. Now this may has changed in the past years …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/10/whs-with-hp-proliant-microserver-n40l/feed/ 27 2692 HP Elitebook 8460w vs 8560w https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/08/hp-elitebook-8460w-vs-8560w/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/08/hp-elitebook-8460w-vs-8560w/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:44:41 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2406 Some weeks ago my HP Elitebook 8460w arrived. Now I had the chance to see the 8460w next to a 8560w. First things I noticed: The screen of the 8560w is much better The 8560w is also much heavier and the 8460w battery life is much better Gallery (bad quality)

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/08/hp-elitebook-8460w-vs-8560w/feed/ 1 2406 HP EliteBook Mobile Workstation Design https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/hp-elitebook-mobile-workstation-design/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/hp-elitebook-mobile-workstation-design/#respond Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:06:27 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2292 HP video about the design of the new Elitebook workstation series 2011.

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/hp-elitebook-mobile-workstation-design/feed/ 0 2292 HP Elitebook 8460w review https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/hp-elitebook-8460w-review/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/hp-elitebook-8460w-review/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:16:44 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2216 last week my HP Elitebook 8460w arrived and I thought I should write a little review. System Configuration Sadly the HP Elitebook 8460w is not available in Switzerland, so I had to order it in the US and this is the configuration I ordered. HP EliteBook 8460w Mobile Workstation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM Processor (2.0 GHz, 6 MB L3 Cache) …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/hp-elitebook-8460w-review/feed/ 100 2216 My HP Elitebook 8460w arrived at myus.com https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/my-hp-elitebook-8460w-arrived-at-myus-com/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/my-hp-elitebook-8460w-arrived-at-myus-com/#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:59:37 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2202 Today I got an email from myus.com that the order from HP finally arrived and they will send it now to my destination. The great thing myus.com checks the content of the package and you can check the pictures online. Until now I am very happy with myus.com and their service. Fast and good service …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/my-hp-elitebook-8460w-arrived-at-myus-com/feed/ 0 2202 Ordered HP EliteBook 8460w https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/05/ordered-hp-elitebook-8460w/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/05/ordered-hp-elitebook-8460w/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 16:52:52 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2151 Some days ago I compared the new HP EliteBook and ProBook series. Now I decided to buy the HP EliteBook 8460w mobile workstation. I think this is the best option between performance and batterylife. Here the 8460w configuration I ordered: HP EliteBook 8460w Mobile Workstation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM Processor (2.0 GHz, 6 MB L3 Cache) Mobile …

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