by Reeshma Mathews | Jan 5, 2016 | ovirt
It was Xmas time! Every website was flooding with offers and deals. I felt this was the best time to buy a tablet for myself. But many of these online stores had shipping times of 2 or more days. That’s when I came across Amazon website,...
by Visakh S | Jan 1, 2016 | ovirt
Recently, we setup an oVirt system for a cloud hosting provider. Much of the installation went through like a breeze, but we did face a few road blocks which were not covered in the oVirt docs or community. One such error is “Failed to attach Storage Domain []...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 30, 2015 | ovirt, Server Administration
In October, Amazon unveiled its new service called Prime Now. With this service, you get your orders delivered within 1 hour. So, if you are running out of wine for your new year celebration, take out your phone, place an order in Amazon, and your stocks get...
by Visakh S | Dec 24, 2015 | ovirt, Server Administration
It’s time for X’Mas shopping. Your mind is set on buying a swanky new hoverboard that your kid was raving about lately. You google for good deals, and find a few sites. You open the top 5 on different tabs, and start going through the features and price...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 23, 2015 | Docker, ovirt
In our previous post on configuring ‘Container as a Service’ in oVirt, we discussed how we deployed a scalable Docker infrastructure for application developers. Our first phase of implementation was focused on creating Docker containers within VMs. The...
by Visakh S | Dec 23, 2015 | ovirt
On Oct 10, Google Drive and Google Docs went down for 3 hours. Google services has been synonymous with high uptime, and a lot of people even used (and still use) Google.com to check if their laptop connection is up. So, predictably, the internet had a meltdown over...
by Visakh S | Dec 22, 2015 | ovirt, Technical Support
In 2008, when VPS hosting made its debut, a low end VPS was priced anywhere between $30/month – $50/month. At that time, the cheapest shared hosting plan cost $5/mo. Fast forward to 2015. Now the cheapest VPS is priced at $7/mo, while the cheapest shared hosting...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 22, 2015 | Docker, ovirt
2015 State of the Cloud Survey showed that adoption of Docker technology was a rising trend, with around 48% DevOps companies using it. Docker is an open source project that package applications and run-time binaries into Linux containers. With Docker, developers can...
by Visakh S | Dec 19, 2015 | ovirt, Server Administration
As per a recent Netcraft web server survey, Microsoft IIS web server powers about 30% of the internet. This shows that Microsoft technologies still enjoy a loyal following among business owners. So, it is no surprise that all cloud service providers offer Windows...
by Visakh S | Dec 16, 2015 | ovirt
Just a couple of days back, Reddit went down for a few hours due to database errors. Some Redditors ranted in Twitter, some others joked about the downtime, but Reddit retained its loyal following. Now, imagine this happening to a brokerage site such as Wells Fargo,...
