NAS
Quick Poll – What is the Size of Your Average & Largest Datastores
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...
Desktop Virtualization
VMware Community Podcast #85 – VMware View with John Dodge
As some of you may know if I’m not talking to someone (partner, customer, etc...) I’m probably listening to my iPhone. Besides my love for music (I’m a bass player) I listen to audiobooks,...
Backup & DR
Administering VMware Site Recovery Manager 4.0 is Available!
Mike Laverick has released the much-anticipated Administering VMware Site Recovery Manager 4.0 book. I’m very confident when I say there isn’t another SRM book that is as comprehensive as this one.
I’m assuming everyone knows...
Data Reduction
Transparent Storage Cache Sharing– Part 2: More Use Cases
In part one of this series I introduced you to Transparent Storage Cache Sharing and introduced the use case of serving virtual machines and their binaries. The post received some great feedback and allowed...
Data Reduction
Transparent Storage Cache Sharing– Part 1: An Introduction
I expect most of my readers are familiar with Transparent Page Sharing (TPS). For those in need of a refresh, TPS increases the over all performance capabilities of an ESX/ESXi cluster by ensuring efficient...
NAS
VMware Admins are Storage Admins – vStorage Integration Part 3
This is the final post in the 'VMware Admins are Storage Admins' series. In part 1 we discussed how VI admins are becoming storage admins through the virtualization of our data centers. We reviewed...
Best Practices
VMware Admins are Storage Admins – vStorage Integration Part 2
In yesterday's post we discussed how VI admins are becoming storage admins as an unexpected byproduct from the virtualization of our data centers. We looked at the storage provisioning process with emphasis on the...
Best Practices
VMware Admins are Storage Admins – vStorage Integration Part 1
Do you recall the post I published in September of 2009 titled "VMworld 2009 – Thoughts from the show"? If you read this post you may recall that many VI Admins shared a recurring...