It’s hard for DBAs to find good virtualization information.
We end up reading brochures and whitepapers trying to figure out the best way to virtualize our database servers. We don’t have the time to sift through the entire blogosphere to figure out what’s relevant for DBAs.
At the Virtualization Virtual Chapter of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), we’re working to change that, and we’ve got some fantastic people helping. These are some of the top bloggers in the virtualization world today:
- Arnim Van Lieshout of Van-Lieshout.com (Twitter)
- Duncan Epping of Yellow-Bricks.com (Twitter)
- Eric Gray of VCritical.com (Twitter)
- Rich Brambley of VMetc.com (Twitter)
- Scott Lowe of ScottLowe.org (Twitter)
These guys blog about virtualization in general, and their material can get pretty technical. I love reading about how Cisco’s new blade system works, for example, but I know most of you don’t have the time to sift through that much information. That’s why I contacted these guys and asked if they’d be willing to syndicate their beginner-level virtualization stuff and their DBA-related posts in one place.
Starting today, you can get the latest DBA-focused virtualization news, tips and tricks in whatever way works best for you:
- Visit Virtualization.SQLpass.org, or
- Subscribe to our RSS feed, or
- Subscribe to our email newsletter
One more thing – I know this first group of bloggers (including me and Jorge Segarra) is pretty VMware-focused, but I couldn’t find any Hyper-V blogs outside of the official Microsoft one! If you know of one, or if you’ve got a favorite virtualization blog, let me know. We’re open to syndicating any high-quality virtualization blog that will help the DBA community.
Awesome news! Thanks to you all for centralising and sharing all of your hard work on this exciting and rapidly expanding subject area!