This topic explains how to use the Diskpart tool to align I/O with storage track boundaries. With a disk that maintains 64 sectors per track, Microsoft Windows always creates the partition starting at the sixty-forth sector, therefore misaligning it with the underlying physical disk. To be certain of disk alignment, use Diskpart.exe, a disk partition tool. Diskpart.exe is a tool provided by Microsoft in the Windows Server 2003 Service...

Forbes Guthrie has done it again! His wildly successful VI3 reference card is now available in vSphere format.    Head over to his site, vReference, and download your copy today.   Be sure to thank him for his hard work! I for one appreciate all that he does....

We know by now you’re already a G6 genius, but it never hurts to brush up on your knowledge. The HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview, one of our most popular sales materials, is a perfect place to go for a G6 refresher. It introduces G6 and gives you a complete overview of the technologies that make up G6 and how they truly maximize the return on your customers’ investment.   Provides details regarding technological changes and...

We are pleased to announce that the HP ProLiant DL785 G6 achieves #1 virtualization performance results on the VMmark benchmark: VMmark score of 47.77 at 30 tiles or 180 virtual machines ( http://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results.html ).   The world record result proves the ideal suitability of the HP ProLiant DL785 G6 for virtualization and consolidation environments. Published on August 11, 2009, this benchmark was performed using...

InfoWorld?s Senior Editor Paul Venezia recently reviewed the HP BladeSystem Matrix solution and wrote how it integrates impressive hardware and functional, if not completely polished management tools.  Please go here for more information and to see the review. ?Exclusive review: HP BladeSystem Matrix HP’s state-of-the-art blade server system and array of automation tools haven’t squeezed all manual labor out of service...