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Virtual Reality: Total Recall Do any of you recall the sci-fi flick, "Total Recall," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger? Back in 1990, I thought it was one of the most awesome movies of the day, and was enraptured by the concept that one could have memories implanted into their mind.

Today, Sun released VirtualBox 2.0, a major revision to the (partially open source) desktop virtualization software. I have long used VirtualBox on my Windows machines as my virtualization product of choice due to its compactness, functionality, and low impact on the host system.

There is nothing like presenting in the ballroom at the Hilton Chicago! Storage Decisions returns to New York later this month, and I’ll be happy to be there. Although the Hilton New York isn’t as grand as the Chicago venue pictured, it’s still a great location and a better event!

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One of the new features in Xen 3.3, released this week, caught my eye: Paravirtualized SCSI (PVSCSI), which allows a guest OS to directly interact with a SCSI (or Fibre Channel) HBA. This should allow more specialized applications to be virtualized in Xen environments that use SCSI or FC storage without requiring the addition of a dedicated physical storage port per guest.

The average time that it takes to add additional services (e.g. storage) to an environment after the new additional service is requested.

This guide–on security–and the others are not intended to be comprehensive. Instead, they offer a way to stay on top of current events and a starting point for research as companies think about new projects or the best way to update existing infrastructure.

A point I've raised in my Four Horsemen presentation that I'm spending a lot of time researching is on the topic of how virtualization is accelerating the adoption of SAN storage and to a larger extent I/O virtualization and what that means to security. I wanted to introduce this topic as a teaser to a larger series of posts.

————————————————————————————————————- ————————————————————————————————————— StoneFly, a supplier of integrated IP storage area network (SAN) systems and a wholly owned subsidiary of Dynamic Network Factory, today announced that all of its IP SAN configurations have completed Citrix Ready compatibility verification testing for use with server virtualization solutions from Citrix Systems.