One Day Left to Vote on VMworld 2010 Sessions
Just a quick reminder that you have a say in the sessions you’ll be able to attend at VMworld 2010. There’ one day remaining for you to cast your vote. If you have a vmworld.com account you’re all set, and if you don’t you can simply register. As a means of simplifying the process to […]
Running ESX4 on a Cloned Boot LUN
NetApp Reference Architect Peter Learmonth has recently published a post on how to boot multiple ESX servers from clones of a master boot LUN. This is great news for customers who prefer booting from a SAN to alternatives like ESXi auto deploy or PXE-based installs. You can read about this process, the root cause which […]
Configuring Role Based Access with the Virtual Storage Console vCenter Plug-in
We have recently published how to enable role based access (RBAC) with the VSC for customers who want to use accounts other than root as the VSC’s ‘service account’. This is the account used to communicate with the Data ONTAP APIs. I would suggest that RBAC be implemented in environments that have separate administration teams […]
SPEC SFS2008 Verifies You Can Run Faster on Fewer Disks with PAM
NetApp is the only storage vendor focused on reducing storage hardware footprints. Evidently discussions surrounding the use of storage saving technologies in a production environment must be upsetting to the traditional storage array manufactures as anytime I discuss the technologies that enable such environments the comments sections of my posts inevitably end up reading (and […]
VCE-101 Thin Provisioning Part 2 – Going Beyond
This is the second installment of a two-part post focusing on the thin provisioning capabilities native to vSphere. If you haven’t read Part I – The Basics, I’d suggest you do so before proceeding. We’ve covered a lot of content which you really should have a solid grasp of before proceeding. In part I, I […]