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NetApp Releases Storage Best Practices for VMware vSphere 5

December 13, 2011Best Practices, NAS, SAN, VMFS, VMware6 commentsVaughn Stewart

We have recently released a new version of the NetApp Storage Best Practices for VMware vSphere technical report TR-3749. I’m very excited as version 3.0 includes a number of new content that is highlighted by the addition of support for vSphere 5.  

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Updated: vSphere on NetApp Storage Best Practices v2.1

August 17, 2010Best Practices, NAS, SAN, VMFS6 commentsVaughn Stewart

Quick heads up, our VMware vSphere on NetApp: Storage Best Practices Technical Report TR-3749 version 2.1 has been released. Here’s a quick summary of what’s new in version 2.1:

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vSphere 4.1 and vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)

July 13, 2010APIs, NAS, Unified Storage, VMFS18 commentsVaughn Stewart

What began in late 2005 with Vanderpool continued today with the release of vSphere 4.1… Vanderpool was the code name of Intel’s Virtualization Technology of x86 (or VT-x), which introduced extended page tables and enabled multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on an x86 computer in a safe and efficient manner. VT-x was the first…

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Poll Results – What is the Size of Your Average & Largest Datastores

April 9, 2010NAS, SAN, VMFS13 commentsVaughn Stewart

You may recall on March 25th I shared that I have learned from a source what I believe to be the largest know VMware datastore. I suggested quid pro quo, you share the average size and the largest size of your datastores and in exchange I’d share what I’ve learned. First, I’d like to thank…

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Raising Awareness Around the Misalignment of Data

April 8, 2010Alignment, Best Practices, Performance, Storage Virtualization, Traditional Storage, VMFS12 commentsVaughn Stewart

Today my good friend Duncan Epping surprised me by shooting me an IM notifying me that he was posting on the impact of partition misalignment and asked if I’d care to comment. Fortunately for me I had time to do just that and this post is an expanded version of what I shared in the…

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Quick Poll – What is the Size of Your Average & Largest Datastores

March 25, 2010NAS, SAN, VMFS3 commentsVaughn Stewart

We commonly get asked for guidelines sizing VMFS and NFS datastores. I have learned from a source what I believe to be the largest deployed VMware datastore. I’ll make you a deal, I’ll share with you the size and type of datastore if you will share with me the average size of your datastores and…

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