So EMC has proved critics like me wrong and have introduced EMC FAST (Fully Automated Storage Tiering) as an offering in Dec 2009. There were many skeptics like me that saw this product release being stalled because of various reasons, here. FAST (Fully Automated Storage Tiering) … [Read more...]
VMware vSphere vDS, VMkernel Ports, and Jumbo Frames
June 30, 2009 by Leave a Comment
In April 2008, I wrote an article on how to use jumbo frames with VMware ESX and IP-based storage (NFS or iSCSI). It’s been a pretty popular post, ranking right up there with the ever-popular article on VMware ESX, NIC teaming, and VLAN trunks. Since I started working with VMware vSphere (now … [Read more...]
New User’s Guide to Configuring VMware ESX Networking via CLI
June 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
A lot of the content on this site is oriented toward VMware ESX/ESXi users who have a pretty fair amount of experience. As I was working with some customers today, though, I realized that there really isn’t much content on this site for new users. That’s about to change. As the first in a series … [Read more...]