The 2010 Top VMware and Virtualization Bloggers Poll – Vote Today!
For the next two weeks you can vote for your top VMware & virtualization bloggers in a poll setup by Eric Siebert at vSphere-land.To vote you simply vote for your favorite blogs, ranking range...
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...
SAN
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...
Best Practices
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...
Data Reduction
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...
Best Practices
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....
Best Practices
VCE-101 Thin Provisioning Part 1 – The Basics
This week’s VMware Communities Roundtable featured one of my favorite people at VMware, Paul Manning who spoke on thin provisioning. This topic is the inspiration for today’s VCE post. Reducing storage costs...
Best Practices
Now Available: The Virtual Storage Console vSphere Plug-in
Since VMworld 2009 one of the recurring questions posted to me on Twitter has been. “When will NetApp release the VSC?” – Wait no longer, the VSC is available for download via NOW.
For those...