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 the size of your largest datastores. Fair enough? What is the average size … [Read more...] about Quick Poll – What is the Size of Your Average & Largest Datastores
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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 covered the basics of thin provisioning and how it operates with any … [Read more...] about VCE-101 Thin Provisioning Part 2 – Going Beyond
A “Multivendor Post” on using iSCSI with VMware vSphere
One of the most popular posts we’ve ever done was the original ‘Multivendor Post’ to help our mutual iSCSI customers using VMware that focused on the operation of the software iSCSI initiator in ESX 3.5 with several iSCSI targets from multiple vendors. There’s been a lot of demand for a follow-up, so without further ado, here’s a multivendor collaborative effort on an update, … [Read more...] about A “Multivendor Post” on using iSCSI with VMware vSphere
vSphere on NetApp Best Practices Released
I am please to share with you that this morning our new Technical Report, TR-3749: vSphere on NetApp Storage Best Practices, has been released. I’d like to thank Mike Slisinger, Larry Touchette, and Peter Learmonth for all of their assistance in the production of this TR. I’d like to take a few moments to share some of the core enhancements covered in the report. … [Read more...] about vSphere on NetApp Best Practices Released