Performance Unplugged: Demanding Applications
Welcome to a new video series I’ve titled “Performance Unplugged” In this video series, I’ll showcase a number of talented performance gurus and cover commonly asked questions and topics. Performance...
View ArticleTechnical Preview of CoreOS on vSphere 5.5
VMware is focused on bringing the value of containers to our customers and helping them streamline application delivery and portability in their virtualized infrastructure. CoreOS is a new, lightweight...
View ArticleSAP HANA Dynamic Tiering and the VMware Software Defined Data Center
The latest release of SAP HANA has brought the concepts of multi-temperature data and lifecycle management to a new level. With SP09, SAP has addressed the size and cost constraints which may prohibit...
View ArticleNew Release: vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d
Today VMware released an update to its vCenter Server management solution. vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d | 27 JAN 2015 | Build 2442329 vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d Installation Package | 27 JAN 2015 |...
View ArticleAnnouncing vSphere 6: Virtualize Applications with Confidence
Today, VMware announces vSphere 6, the latest release of the industry-leading virtualization platform, and the first major release of the flagship product in more than three years (read the press...
View ArticlevSphere 6 Feature Walkthroughs
The Technical Marketing team has put out a series of vSphere 6 related feature walkthroughs. We’re covering vCenter Server install and upgrades for many different scenarios as well as vSphere Data...
View ArticleOne Cloud, Any Application – #VMW28days
VMware Virtual SAN 6.0 – you heard all about it on February 2nd – you read all about it in our blog post on the vSphere Storage Blog. Still want more? Visit VMware’s One Cloud, Any Application...
View ArticleVMware Virtual SAN: All-Flash Configuration
The cat is officially out of the bag, as they say!. Everyone in the world should now be aware of the fact that VMware Virtual SAN 6.0 supports an all-flash architecture. I think it’s time to discuss a...
View ArticleStorage Blog Recap: Top Blogs from January
The third week of every month, we will be compiling a list of the top vSphere Storage posts from the previous month for you to digest. Here are the top storage blogs from January: VMware Virtual SAN:...
View ArticlevSphere Virtual Volumes Interoperability: VAAI APIs vs VVOLs
In 2011 VMware introduced block based VAAI APIs as part of vSphere 4.1 release. This APIs helped improving performance of VMFS by providing offload of some of the heavy operations to the storage array....
View ArticleWhat’s All the Buzz About Software-Defined Storage?
By now, you’ve more than likely heard something about Software-Defined Storage. With every mention of the term, you may be wondering, “What does it mean for me?” Wonder no longer! The VMware...
View ArticleVMware Virtual SAN 6.0: Bootstorm Demonstration
Since the official announcement of VMware Virtual SAN All-Flash architecture, most of the conversations have been focused about the solutions incredible performance capabilities and attributes with...
View ArticleTechnical Preview of CoreOS on vSphere 5.5
VMware is focused on bringing the value of containers to our customers and helping them streamline application delivery and portability in their virtualized infrastructure. CoreOS is a new, lightweight...
View ArticleSAP HANA Dynamic Tiering and the VMware Software Defined Data Center
The latest release of SAP HANA has brought the concepts of multi-temperature data and lifecycle management to a new level. With SP09, SAP has addressed the size and cost constraints which may prohibit...
View ArticleNew Release: vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d
Today VMware released an update to its vCenter Server management solution. vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d | 27 JAN 2015 | Build 2442329 vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d Installation Package | 27 JAN 2015 |...
View ArticleAnnouncing vSphere 6: Virtualize Applications with Confidence
Today, VMware announces vSphere 6, the latest release of the industry-leading virtualization platform, and the first major release of the flagship product in more than three years (read the press...
View ArticlevSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide – Overview of coming changes
The vSphere Hardening Guide provides guidance on how to securely deploy VMware vSphere in a production environment. The vSphere Hardening Guide also serves as a foundation upon which regulatory...
View ArticlevSphere 6 – Clarifying the misinformation
With the Announcement of vSphere 6 this week there is a lot of information being published by various sources. Some of that information is based on old beta builds and is much different than what we’ll...
View ArticleVMware Certificate Authority overview and using VMCA Root Certificates in a...
With vSphere 6.0 the vCenter Virtual Server Appliance (VCSA), now has a component called the Platform Services Controller (PSC). The PSC handles things like SSO and the License Server and ships with...
View ArticlevSphere Replication 6.0 Compression
VMware recently introduced vSphere version 6.0. One of the features of vSphere 6.0 is vSphere Replication 6.0, which is included in the Essentials Plus Kit and higher editions of vSphere. The reason I...
View Article