Category: Storage

VMworld 2013: Software Defined Storage the VCDX Way

VMworld 2013: Software Defined Storage the VCDX Way

This was a great "put your architecture cap on" session by two well known VCDX's, Wade Holmes and Rawlinson Rivera. Software defined <insert virtualization food group here> is all the rage these days. Be it SDN (networking), SDS (storage), SDDC (datacenter) or software defined people. Well maybe not quite at the people stage but...

VMworld 2013: Top 10 vSphere Storage Things to Know

VMworld 2013: Top 10 vSphere Storage Things to Know

Twitter: #STO5545, Eric Siebert (HP) This was the best session of the day, and highly informative. Eric Siebert is a fast talker, and his slides were packed to the gills with details (and I didn't even capture 25% of the content). This is the first session that I grabbed a...

VMword 2013: vSphere 5.5 Space Reclaimation

Twitter: #STO4907. Aboubacar Diare (HP), Abid Saeed (VMware) This session discussed how storage reclamation for block works in vSphere 5.0 thought vSphere 5.5. vSphere 5.5 has major improvements in how freed storage space is reclaimed. While not totally automated, it's much more efficient and easier to kick off the reclamation...

TechEd: Storage Management with VMM 2012 R2 (MDC-B344)

This session focused on both the platform storage enhances in Windows Server 2012 R2 in addition to VMM 2012 R2. Microsoft was very up front that the 2012 release baked in a huge amount of technology into the platform (OS), but not all of it was exposed through VMM 2012...

San Diego VMUG: Infrastructure Convergence with SimpliVity

This San Diego VMUG session was put on by Gabriel Chapman of SimpliVity. If you've never heard of SimpliVity, you aren't alone. They are a start-up and emerged from stealth mode last year, and have been shipping product for about a month. Their OmniCube is an all-in-one 2U platform consisting...

San Diego VMUG: VMware Backup Tips from Veeam

At the San Diego VMUG this session was presented by Rick Vanover from Veeam. He covered some tips and tricks for doing VMware backups. Of course the session was Veeam focused, and highlighted features of their backup software. Tips for efficient VM Backups Take a modern approach We have a...

VMworld 2012: vSphere 5 Storage Best Practices INF-STO2980

Speaker: Chad Sakac, Vaughn StewartThis was a really great session! Had two of the best sessions on the last day of VMworld. Each protocol has different configuration considerations Majority of customers use block protocols (iSCSI, FC, FCoE) NetApp: NFS 50% usage, block the other 50% from autosupport data Best flexibility...

Free Veeam VMware Management Pack for MS System Center 2012

For those of you that don't already have a good monitoring solution for your VMware infrastructure, and use MS Operations Manager, you need to check out the Veeam Management Pack. It's a good solution for single pane monitoring of your MS and VMware infrastructure. They are currently running a special...

vSphere 5.0 Storage Improvements

If you a regular follower of my blog, you will probably notice I'm a bit of a storage geek. VAAI, FCoE, WWNs, WWPNs, VMFS, VASA and iSCSI are all music to my ears. So what's new to vSphere 5.0 storage technologies? A LOT. That team must have been working over time...

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