I'm not sure that everyone would agree that Storage DRS is the most exciting new feature in vSphere 5, but it's certainly in the top 10. Here's Duncan Epping's overview of Storage DRS and datastore clusters. Nice video too! vSphere 5.0 introduces many great new features, but everyone will probably … [Read more...]
Virtual Machine Mobility: Of What, and to Where and in What State?
February 8, 2012 by 1 Comment
Stepping out of a subway car is an entirely different matter when it's moving! Mobility of virtual machines is a sticky wicket. As open systems infrastructure becomes increasingly virtualized, administrators and managers wish to use the technology to balance workload, ease migration, and … [Read more...]
Are You a Hypervisor Hugger or a Storage Stalwart?
November 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The great battle of enterprise storage is on! The time has come to take sides on the core question of storage for virtual servers: Do you want storage intelligence to live in the hypervisor or the array? Most administrators are already lining up on one side or the other, unintentionally casting … [Read more...]
Whats new in vSphere 4.1 Storage: SIOC, VAAI, and DRS
September 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
So I haven’t done a lot of real time blogging at VMworld this year as I’ve been busy trying to see and soak up as much as possible. It’s not every day that you get access to the likes of Chad Sakacc (VP EMC / VMware alliance) Scott Drummond (EMC – ex VMware performance team) and a whole … [Read more...]