How To Resize Your VM Processor Manually Using Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager

Ejiroghene Pepper — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 11:17:40 +0000

As a beginner, one of the things I struggled with was resizing my VM Processor after creating it because the Virtualization option in my BIOS wasn't enabled yet.

If you manually create a VM using Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager and will like to resize it, the following steps will help you achieve that seamlessly (I am using an HP EliteBook):

Step 1: Go to your Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager
Step 2: Click on the VM you want to resize
Step 3: Click on settings (this is on the right pane just above where you see the details of your VM)

Step 4: Go to Version and use the drop-down arrow to select your desired processor size and click on Ok.

Voila! The processor of your machine has been resized.

Here's Why Companies Still Opt for Private Cloud

Ejiroghene Pepper — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 19:32:48 +0000

With the heavy presence of cloud computing that allows companies to run their applications with minimum efforts while storing their data in the cloud, some companies still opt for a private cloud model and below are some reasons why:

Control: Companies want to be in control of the data they generate. This might be in line with compliance or regulatory requirement. A public cloud is fully controlled by the cloud provider from monitoring to maintenance to patching to storage model, e.t.c. Companies still want to be in charge of their datasets in which case, they will opt for a private cloud.
Sensitivity and Security: Although most cloud providers have put in good efforts to ensure the security of their datacenters, clients still have to access these services using internet connections. A private cloud provides security and privacy for sensitive data. The private datacenters are exclusive to the company IT.
Customization: This is tricky as cloud providers make provision for autoscaling of resources deployed however, a structured company already understands its business infrastructure needs like storage capacity, networking features, size of the datacenter, cooling system, e.t.c. A private cloud will allow for these customizations in line with the business requirement.
Location: Cloud providers are not in every region of the world yet. There are some countries where cloud providers aren't present yet e.g. Nigeria. Although cloud providers provide cache close to clients' users, this doesn't beat down a standard on-premise datacenter responding to requests.

The best cloud model (public, private or hybrid) is hugely dependent on the unique need of a company. A private cloud allows you to own your own datacenter, lets you be in full control. This comes with some cons I will share much later.

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How To Resize Your VM Processor Manually Using Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager

Here's Why Companies Still Opt for Private Cloud