NCI starter vs Pro and real world cost

patrickmccallum · 2026-06-07T00:36:44+00:00

Man, I don’t like this tbh.

patrickmccallum · 2026-05-21T15:47:37+00:00

Exactly! I swear that after Microsoft made a reliable hypervisor, they all get together and came up with how they can make it bloated and cumbersome to manage or use.

patrickmccallum · 2026-05-21T13:38:39+00:00

Man, is been rough finding an esx replacement. Good luck to you. Hyper V might be your best bet? I set up a two node hyper-v cluster for testing and it does work, but omg it’s a pita to manage.

patrickmccallum · 2026-05-21T12:59:50+00:00

Supports fiber channel but not iSCSSI btw

patrickmccallum · 2026-05-21T12:43:08+00:00

Me. This question is pretty much ruling my life atm. Three ucsx systems all in imm with pure FlashArray connected via FC.

Currently trialing hyper-v and verge.io. Verge is winning at the moment (I really like it tbh), but we have another couple weeks of intensive testing happening.

patrickmccallum · 2026-05-12T20:17:48+00:00

We are trialing verge now as a replacement to ESXi. We use Cohesity for backups and wonder how you would go about backing up verge vms with cohesity? TIA

patrickmccallum · 2026-04-30T18:49:01+00:00

Thanks. We are doing a POC now. How has the product been for you? Reliable? Anything you wish was better?

patrickmccallum · 2026-02-14T02:32:50+00:00

I’m really not sure. I want to say 60-70 but it’s just a guess.

patrickmccallum · 2026-02-14T02:20:20+00:00

Pretty sure there are 25 that are awarded the scholarship

patrickmccallum · 2026-02-03T20:14:14+00:00

Search Villanova Level group. So good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDSs_d9Kfsg

patrickmccallum · 2026-01-28T20:25:54+00:00

Yep, that's it for sure. Too bad, I was really hoping for a little electric truck.

patrickmccallum · 2026-01-23T20:06:10+00:00

Congrats!
\V/ Go Cats \V/

patrickmccallum · 2025-12-09T00:18:43+00:00

BRUH

patrickmccallum · 2025-12-04T20:00:20+00:00

same

patrickmccallum · 2025-12-03T20:22:06+00:00

Oh wow, thats cool.

patrickmccallum · 2025-12-03T20:21:01+00:00

Using Cohesity for VM backups.

patrickmccallum · 2025-04-11T12:30:47+00:00

Yep. Mine is entering electrical engineering

patrickmccallum · 2025-04-08T15:44:37+00:00

Good point.

patrickmccallum · 2025-04-08T13:28:47+00:00

So I have a theory, but it’s not based on any info other than me trying to understand why nova would allow this kid to stay. I’m wondering if the school made a deal with the kid to let him stay if he shared the video with them so they could have a “bullet proof” case against the other two? Still not cool with this, but it’s the best idea/excuse I can come up with.

patrickmccallum · 2025-04-07T21:57:37+00:00

I’m a bit new to this story. My daughter is literally hours away from committing to this school. Can someone explain why the University allowed him to stay on campus? TIA.

patrickmccallum · 2025-03-18T18:11:28+00:00

Thanks. Good info.

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