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Vendorwag with Mike Laverick: New Features in the Virtual Storage Console 4.0
Mike Laverick visits to discuss the new features in the NetApp Virtual Storage Console plug-in for VMware vCenter Server. We highlight the new 'Migrate and Optimize' capability that can non-disuptively correct file system misalignment...
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Thoughts on Best Practices with VMware vSphere 5
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NetApp recently published an update to our storage best practices for VMware® that highlights the new capabilities of...
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NetApp Releases Storage Best Practices for VMware vSphere 5
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...
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Current Status, An Update, and a Look to the Future of Alignment
It has been one year to the date since the last time I authored a post on the topic of partition alignment. I think its fair to state this issue has gained awareness over...
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Introducing Data Compression in ONTAP 8.0.1
It’s no secret; NetApp wants to sell you less storage than any other storage vendor and by forecasts from industry experts like IDC it is time we all begin enabling storage savings technologies throughout...
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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...
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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:
vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)
Storage I/O...
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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...