All-Flash HCI is taking over fast… – Yellow Bricks

All-Flash HCI is taking over fast… – Yellow Bricks

All-Flash HCI is taking over fast… – Yellow Bricks

Two weeks ago I tweeted about All-Flash HCI taking over fast, maybe I should have said All-Flash vSAN as I am not sure every vendor is seeing the same trend. Reason for it being of course is the price of flash dropping while capacity goes up. At the same time with vSAN 6.5 we introduced “all-flash […] ” All-Flash HCI is taking over fast…


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Enabling the Digital Workspace with VMware…

Enabling the Digital Workspace with VMware Workspace ONE

Enabling the Digital Workspace with VMware…

Learn how you can enable secure digital workspaces with VMware Workspace ONE. Empower end-users with consumer-simple access to the resources they need to be productive on any device, anywhere.


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How will VM Encryption in vSphere 6.5 impact…

How will VM Encryption in vSphere 6.5 impact performance? – vsphere-land.com

How will VM Encryption in vSphere 6.5 impact…

VMware finally introduced native VM-level encryption in vSphere 6.5 which is a welcome addition, but better security always comes with a cost and with encryption that cost is additional resource overhead which could potentially impact performance.


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Getting Started with VMware Cloud Foundation:…

Getting Started with VMware Cloud Foundation: SDDC Manager’s Dashboard – Cloud Foundation Blog

Getting Started with VMware Cloud Foundation:…

VMware Cloud Foundation’s unified SDDC platform together with the new VMware SDDC Manager drastically simplifies the deployment, configuration and on-going operations of a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC).


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vSphere 6.5 – Whats in it for Service Providers…

vSphere 6.5 – Whats in it for Service Providers Part 1 – anthonyspiteri.net

vSphere 6.5 – Whats in it for Service Providers…

Last week after an extended period of development and beta testing VMware released vSphere 6.5. This is a lot more than a point release and is a major major upgrade from vSphere 6.0.


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Capacity Expansion & Disk Group Design…

Capacity Expansion & Disk Group Design Decisions: All Flash VMware vSAN – virtuallanger.com

Capacity Expansion & Disk Group Design…

One of the things I like/enjoy the most in my job as a consultant is working with people to help assist in the design process to come up with a solution that solves a specific customer challenge or…Read More


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Using vSphere Storage Policy-Based Management…

Using vSphere Storage Policy-Based Management in Mixed Storage Environments – Punching Clouds

Using vSphere Storage Policy-Based Management…

Categories: Virtual SAN , Virtual Volumes Tags: SPBM , vRA , VSAN , VVols A couple of weeks ago I delivered a brief webcast presentation on Storage Policy-Based Management and its use across mixed vSphere storage environments.


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vSphere 6.5 – Automate VCSA Backup – Brian…

vSphere 6.5 – Automate VCSA Backup – Brian Graf’s Virtualization Blog

vSphere 6.5 – Automate VCSA Backup – Brian…

I recently attended the Orlando VMUG Usercon and had been discussing many of the great features of the vSphere 6.5 release that was announced at VMworld Barcelona. I began to chat with Rob P., an attendee of the conference, about VCSA backup.


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ESXi 6.5 Virtual Appliance is now available -…

ESXi 6.5 Virtual Appliance is now available – virtuallyGhetto

ESXi 6.5 Virtual Appliance is now available -…

The much anticipated release of vSphere 6.5 has officially GA’ed and you can find all the release notes and downloads over here. Just like prior releases, I have created a new Nested ESXi Virtual Appliance to aide in quickly setting up a vSphere 6.5 environment for both educational as well as lab purposes.


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Benchmarking an HCI solution with legacy tools…

Benchmarking an HCI solution with legacy tools – Yellow Bricks

Benchmarking an HCI solution with legacy tools…

I was driving back home from Germany on the autobahn this week when thinking about 5-6 conversations I have had the past couple of weeks about performance tests for HCI systems.


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Homelab – Will ESXi 6.5 run on Intel NUC? -…

Homelab – Will ESXi 6.5 run on Intel NUC? – Virten.net

Homelab – Will ESXi 6.5 run on Intel NUC? -…

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5 is here and while you should wait to upgrade your production, it’s time to explore the new features in your Homelab. I’ve received a few questions on whether it is safe to upgrade.


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Which storage vendors support VVols 2.0 in…

Which storage vendors support VVols 2.0 in vSphere 6.5? – vsphere-land.com

Which storage vendors support VVols 2.0 in…

Answer: Not many at all. The vSphere 6.5 release introduces the next iteration of VVols that is built on the updated VASA 3.0 specification that brings support for array based replication which was not supported with VVols in vSphere 6.


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