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  • Modern Disaster Recovery: Simplifying Business Continuity

    calendar Sep 7, 2025 · 19 min read · Nutanix Disaster Recovery Hybrid Cloud Business Continuity Automation  ·
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    Modern Disaster Recovery: Simplifying Business Continuity

    📖 Disaster Recovery in 2025 Series - Part 2 This post is part of my comprehensive disaster recovery series. New to the series? Start with the Complete Guide Overview to see what's coming, or catch up with Part 1: Why DR Matters. Welcome to the Good Stuff Alright, we've covered why disaster recovery isn't optional …


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  • Disaster Recovery in 2025: A Comprehensive Guide

    calendar Sep 2, 2025 · 5 min read · Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure  ·
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    Disaster Recovery in 2025: A Comprehensive Guide

    Welcome to the Disaster Recovery Series I've been sitting on writing a series about Disaster recovery (DR) for a while, but maybe the writing bug has caught me - more after some recent conversations with customers. DR has evolved from a nice-to-have backup plan to an absolute business necessity. In 2025, organizations …


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  • Disaster Recovery in 2025: Why It Matters

    calendar Sep 2, 2025 · 12 min read · Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Infrastructure Risk Management Downtime Nutanix  ·
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    Disaster Recovery in 2025: Why It Matters

    Disaster Recovery in 2025 Series - Part 1 This post is part of my comprehensive disaster recovery series. New to the series? Start with the Complete Guide Overview to see what's coming and get the full roadmap for building resilient infrastructure in 2025. The Reality Check: Your Business Is More Vulnerable Than You …


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  • Omnissa Horizon Updates for Nutanix AHV

    calendar Aug 12, 2025 · 4 min read · Omnissa Horizon Nutanix AHV VDI Virtualization  ·
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    Omnissa Horizon Updates for Nutanix AHV

    Breaking Free - Omnissa Horizon 8 + Nutanix AHV is Reshaping the VDI Landscape Okay, I'll try to contain my excitement, but honestly? This is some fun stuff and will really highlight how 2025 has been a year of transformation! I've been reviewing Omnissa's latest announcement about full Horizon 8 support for Nutanix …


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  • Smarter VM Placement with Nutanix AHV - Part 2

    calendar Jul 18, 2025 · 7 min read · AHV Nutanix VM Placement Affinity Anti-Affinity Configuration  ·
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    Smarter VM Placement with Nutanix AHV - Part 2

    Took me a bit longer to get back around to writing Part 2, life get's in the way sometimes! Following up on Part 1 where I covered the benefits (and some pitfalls) of Affinity and Anti-Affinity polices with AHV, this post will cover the configuration and validation of these policies. Affinity and Anti-Affinity policies …


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  • Smarter VM Placement with Nutanix AHV - Part 1

    calendar Jun 13, 2025 · 7 min read · AHV Nutanix VM Placement Performance High Availability  ·
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    Smarter VM Placement with Nutanix AHV - Part 1

    In a virtualized environment, how and where your virtual machines (VMs) run isn't just a matter of resource availability. It's a key part of your resiliency, performance, and compliance strategy. That’s where Affinity and Anti-Affinity policies come into play. With Nutanix AHV, administrators may gain granular control …


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  • 2025 Home Lab: Nutanix, Cisco, TrueNAS, and Testing

    calendar Jun 12, 2025 · 5 min read · Home Lab Nutanix Cisco TrueNAS Infrastructure  ·
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    2025 Home Lab: Nutanix, Cisco, TrueNAS, and Testing

    Welcome to my 2025 Home Lab: Where Ideas Are Built, Broken, and Rebuilt Better. A constantly evolving playground where I simulate customer environments, test disaster recovery strategies, and push platforms until something breaks (and then fix it… usually). I've always enjoyed reading these posts, but have never put …


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  • Scale Smart, Scale Fast: NC2 Scaling on AWS and Azure

    calendar Jun 11, 2025 · 6 min read · Nutanix Cloud Clusters NC2 Public Cloud AWS Azure Scaling  ·
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    Scale Smart, Scale Fast: NC2 Scaling on AWS and Azure

    Azure comment: false # Disable comment if false. The Need for Elastic Infrastructure In today’s digital landscape, agility and resiliency isn’t just a nice to have, for many organizations it’s considered mission-critical. Whether you’re supporting seasonal growth, accommodating sudden spikes in analytics workloads, or …


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  • Backup Support for Nutanix AOS 7

    calendar Jun 5, 2025 · 4 min read · Data Protection AHV AOS Nutanix Backup  ·
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    Backup Support for Nutanix AOS 7

    #comment: true # Disable comment if false. If you've been holding off on upgrading to AOS 7 due to backup vendor support, we've crossed that bridge! Let's take a quick look at the current landscape of AHV and AOS releases, and then do a quick rundown of the current support from a few major backup vendors to see how …


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  • Migrating to Hugo

    calendar May 13, 2025 · 3 min read · Hugo WordPress Migration Static Site Generator  ·
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    Migrating to Hugo

    Why I Moved My Blog and What I Learned Since 2015, my blog has lived on a Amazon Lightsail WordPress deployment. It’s been reliable, familiar, and got the job done without complaint. So why move? Honestly, nothing was broken. But I was ready for a new challenge. As someone who lives and breathes IT, sometimes I like to …


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Mike Dent

Field CTO by day, dog dad, driveway workout partner with my wife, bourbon enthusiast by night, and helping organizations modernize IT without losing their sanity.
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Recent Posts

  • Modern Disaster Recovery: Simplifying Business Continuity
  • Disaster Recovery in 2025: A Comprehensive Guide
  • Disaster Recovery in 2025: Why It Matters
  • Omnissa Horizon Updates for Nutanix AHV
  • Smarter VM Placement with Nutanix AHV - Part 2
  • Smarter VM Placement with Nutanix AHV - Part 1
  • 2025 Home Lab: Nutanix, Cisco, TrueNAS, and Testing
  • Scale Smart, Scale Fast: NC2 Scaling on AWS and Azure

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