Quick pointer to new Virtual SAN Ready Node configs
Just a quick pointer to the new document that holds all Virtual SAN Ready Node configurations: Virtual SAN Ready Node.pdf. In this document various new configurations are described and a couple of old...
View ArticleNew disk IO scheduler used in vSphere 5.5
When 5.1 was released I noticed the mention of “mClock” in the advanced settings of a vSphere host. I tried enabling it but failed miserably. A couple of weeks back I noticed the same advanced setting...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 and disk limits (mClock scheduler caveat)
I mentioned the new disk IO scheduler in vSphere 5.5 yesterday. When discussing this new disk IO scheduler one thing that was brought to my attention is a caveat around disk limits. Lets get started...
View ArticleMigrate from Windows vCenter to the vCenter Appliance
Advertise here with BSAI thought that most people would have seen this awesome fling by now, but I received a couple of questions if it was already possible to migrate from the Windows vCenter Server...
View ArticleHow Virtual SAN enables IndonesianCloud to remain competitive!
Advertise here with BSALast week I had the chance to catch up with one of our Virtual SAN customers. I connected to Neil Cresswell through twitter and after going back and forth we got on a conference...
View ArticleVSAN and large VMDKs on relative small disks?
Advertise here with BSALast week and this week I received a question and as it was the second time in a short time I figured I would share it. The question was around how VSAN places a VMDK which is...
View ArticleSynchronet leverages Virtual SAN to provide scale, agility and reduced costs...
Advertise here with BSAThis week I had the pleasure to talk to John Nicholson who works for one of our partners (Synchronet out of Houston). John has been involved with various Virtual SAN...
View ArticleVirtual SAN enabling PeaSoup to simplify cloud
Advertise here with BSAThis week I had the pleasure of talking to fellow dutchy Harold Buter. Harold is the CTO for Peasoup and we had a lively discussion about Virtual SAN and why Peasoup decided to...
View ArticleHigh latency VPLEX configuration and vMotion optimization
Advertise here with BSAThis week someone asked me about an advanced setting to optimize vMotion for VPLEX configurations. This person referred to the vSphere 5.5 Performance Best Practices paper and...
View ArticleVSAN enabling Sky to be fast / responsive / agile…
Advertise here with BSAOver the last couple of months I’ve been talking to a lot of VSAN customers. A while ago I had a very interesting use case with a deployment on an Oil Platform. This time it is...
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