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I certainly don't disagree that not all production workloads require SSD. With that being said, every workload we have moved to SSD has performed better. The other significant factor for us is the manageability, the more different storage systems and different tier of storage systems we have to manage the more people hours…

Unfortunately this has been a problem at my company. Several times now our company has paid for professional services to bring in new technology but not had anybody on my team (the Operations team that runs everything) trained on it. Then a few weeks later they want us to leverage the new solution and roll it out to some…

One of the most important pieces with BC/DR is making sure you practice it... on a regular basis. It is of course important to practice it after it's first setup but the environment will change over time, people will change over time and people will forget. Make sure you practice the BC/DR process on a regular (at least…

All good points! It's always a good idea to start with a basic Block & Tackle approach and then work your way up from there and not get distracted with the new shiny technology. Patching for example is not new and the tools to do it successfully have been around for a long time but it often gets overlooked in a security…

We don't treat the alert as an immediate escalation, we use the high CPU alert as a step to begin triage and part of that process is to look at the CPU utilization over a several day/week/month period of time and see if the high CPU being detected is normal or not. Often times we will see SQL servers have an extended…

Working for a hybrid cloud infrastructure service provider I have an opportunity to work with a lot of different clients in different stages of moving to cloud technologies. One common misconception I have seen is that by moving to a public cloud offering you no longer need to have people that know manage the systems and…

I would like the same functionality for the zones.

You are asking the right question alaskan​! If security is ever going to have a chance to stand-up to the bad guys they need to start sharing information for the sake of making the whole much better. The problem is each of these companies is a for-profit company and they want to be able to claim they have the better…

I am definitely looking forward to that!

I am not as familiar with AWS since we work with Azure but it's good to hear that Microsoft is pushing further into the security arena. I have been impressed with most of the things Microsoft has done with Azure, I feel like they really "get it". There are certainly things in Azure that aren't there yet but for the most…

I would love to see this. I use a lot of reports in my dashboards and will really miss that functionality.

Here is what I need, taken from another products website:

I would also then want the ability to perform searches, process rules and filters based on that given name.

Storage performance is definitely one of those things that can quickly speak up on you and bite you if you aren't paying close attention to it and it's also one of the more difficult things to monitor and understand; storage performance is a bit like in ocean in that you don't want to turn your back on it. It also doesn't…

I guess I am a bit biased on this one considering that I work for a Hybrid Cloud provider. I would start off by also pointing out that providers such as us will partner with you to help you and act as an extension of your IT staff versus leaving it all up to you to figure out on your own. I would also argue with point #1,…

chrispaap​ Does this new version pretty much depreciate the VMAN appliance?

I agree that this is like most other things, the challenge is not the technology, it's the culture change and getting buy-in. So often these types of things are attempted to be rolled out as somebody's pet or silo project without consideration for the larger picture. Make sure to work with your entire operations team when…

sja​ I realize it's better for the SIEM to have the full picture and that is the preferable option for us as well; however, due to some of our requirements we need to capture logs from several very noisy sources that we don't often need or care much about. Couple that with the concerns of the SIEM cost and that is why we…

The key to accomplishing Step 1 isn't technical, it's all about communication. Once a team sees the benefits of open communication they won't go back to the silos... ok, well there is that one person on every team but aside from them. 

I also agree that SIEM is a great start but you still need people that know what they are looking at. The challenge with security is people need to have fundamental understanding of a broad spectrum of technology to understand what they are looking at in a SIEM system. People that have that kind of knowledge combined with…

So it sounds like the security concern I expressed is still a valid issue with no current solution, is that correct?

Dang, these articles make one want to stop, look around and ask the question "who the heck is running this place"?

The amount of detail in this is fantastic. I have been in many of these types of troubleshooting scenarios, even specifically MTU issues, so seeing something so closely mimic reality is awesome... or maybe this isn't just a story and really happened! 

NetPath is a new feature in NPM v12; you should check it out: NetPath - Network Paths | SolarWinds

Other commercial software vendors we work with provide us the ability to install the software in a lab environment for no additional cost.

I think a fence (proverbial or physical) is a double edge sword as it always ultimately ends up serving two purposes regardless if that is the intent or not; it servers to both keep people out and keep people (or dogs) in. 

We are one of the shops that probably could not have spelled this a year ago and will be implementing it this year. We are going to be building out an automation platform for deploying and delivering services in an Azure Stack environment. Based on my experiences thus far I would say much of this is still very bleeding…

ecklerwr1 I would love to hear how SRM works for you. I have looked at it before but feel I would get more bang for my buck with VMAN first. Also, which storage vendor(s) do you use?

I think the tracking thing has gotten a little out of control out there with the cards, phones, etc. Unfortunately data has become the currency of our age.

Unfortunately I missed the "Accidental DBAs" presentation at THWACKcamp as I was on the other session at the time; however, I did hear from my manager that attended it and he thought it was awesome. I plan to go back and watch it once it's published to watch. With that being said, I think we need to do as much as possible…