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Behind the Scenes Photos of VMworld Data Center

Two words: Holy Crap! http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/08/an-awesome-peek-behind-the-scenes-of-getting-hardware-ready-for-vmworld-2009.html

  • Sid Smith

Sid Smith

21 Aug 2009

From the archive. Originally published on dailyhypervisor.com on August 21, 2009.

Two words: Holy Crap!

http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/08/an-awesome-peek-behind-the-scenes-of-getting-hardware-ready-for-vmworld-2009.html

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