Archive for the ‘Server Management’ Category

Fix for Excessive VMWare Disk Activity On Host After Suspend or Shutdown

I use VMware to run 64-bit guest OS’s for development and testing on my laptop.  (Windows 7 only allows 32-bit guests, Windows 8 incorporates Hyper-V so this limitation will go away soon).  One of the nice benefits of running a VM is that I can suspend and bring it back online in a matter of [...]

Best Utility to View Out Of Control Disk Usage

About once a year I have to figure out where all the disk space is utilized on a drive.  Usually it is a mystery, one of those situations where the disk space shouldn’t be used but it is.  I have used the same utility for several years, but I always forget what it is called [...]