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Category Archives: VMWare
Some more benchmark results with IO Analyzer
Ok so digging a little deeper into how I had my config setup and running some more tests today. Wanted to see peaks for a single VM instead of several, even though I believe that multiple machines running multiple types … Continue reading
Posted in Storage, Storage & Virtualization, VMWare
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Playing around with VMware IO Analyzer
About a year ago I was at an EMC event in Orange County, I think it was one of the traveling roadshow type events and they had some hands on labs for a bunch of their different product lines. The … Continue reading
Posted in Storage & Virtualization, VMWare, XIV Storage
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Ultimate ESX Virtrualization Contest!
Great idea for a contest with some really great prizes from the good folks over at ESXVirtualization. I’m a big sucker for contests and prizes. Also, I’m a big fan of the Veeam products and have been using them for … Continue reading
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VAAI Primitives List
Stephen Foskett put together a nice list of all the VAAI Primitives here. VMware’s introduced the “vStorage APIs for Array Integration” (VAAI) in vSphere 4.1, and block-heads like me went nuts. We’ve been trying to integrate storage and servers for … Continue reading
Posted in Storage & Virtualization, VMWare, vSphere 5
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Finding the sweetspot with ESXi5 Licensing
As most of you know, VMware decided to change their licensing model for vSphere 5 just prior to VMWorld 2011 this year. The results were less than positive. I think the initial thread in VMTN forums was close to 133k … Continue reading
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VMWare will be moving towards a consumption based pricing model.
VMware CEO Maritz: Get Ready For Consumption-Based Pricing Quote: “We are going to have to move towards more of a consumption-based model. This is where we are going,” Maritz said at the event Thursday, as reported by Computerworld UK. “We … Continue reading
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vSphere 5 Released to the masses
Long awaited for us lowly plebes who don’t get access to the beta or pre-release images, the official release can be snagged here. Also nice to see that they are releasing e-book reader formats for documentation.