VMworld 2010: Storage Super Heavyweight Challenge Video
At long last, I was able to find a video copy of the panel session TA8623, the Storage Super Heavyweight Challenge. Thanks to Simon Seagrave for the recording and posting the video. This session was very rewarding on multiple levels, first it was a reunion of sorts for Adam, Eric, Chad, and I (we contributed […]
Find the vExpert at VMworld 2010
If you are attending VMworld you will have an number of opportunities to win a Flip HD Video Camera, an iPad, or a Gift Card from the NetApp Prize Patrol. Monday through Thursday of next week, NetApp will be promoting “Find the vExpert” via tweets posted by @NetApp, @VMworld, @VMware, @CiscoSystems, @jtroyer (and possibly even […]
VMware HA, VM-Host Affinity Rules, and how they apply with Metrocluster
Duncan Epping of VMware and Yellow-Bricks has posted a nice write up on running VMware on a NetApp MetroCluster with VM-Host Affinity Rules (new in vSphere 4.1). In summary this new capability allows one to restrict the boundaries of HA capabilities to a limited number of ESX/ESXi hosts within a HA cluster for a set […]
Updated: vSphere on NetApp Storage Best Practices v2.1
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:
An Important VMworld Announcement
This just in, I’m very proud to announce that Chad Sakac has asked me to join him in presenting TA8133 – Best Practices to Increase Availability and Throughput for VMware, at VMworld in San Francisco and Copenhagen. Needless to say I’m honored to be asked and uber excited to present this content. In fact we’ve […]