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“Why VSAN All-Flash is the right choice” via Tim’s Tech Thoughts

Why VSAN All-Flash is the right choice

VMware’s HCI (Hyper-Converged Infrastructure) solution is VSAN – or Virtual SAN. It’s a kernel based solution built right into the ESXi Hypervisor, that allows each server to consume local storage, and pool it together and share it back out to the VMware cluster. A minimum of 2 hosts is required (plus another witness appliance) or […] The post Why VSAN All-Flash is the right choice appeared first on Tim’s Tech Thoughts .

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“Options in scalability with Virtual SAN” via Virtual Blocks

Options in scalability with Virtual SAN

Hyper-Converged systems like Virtual SAN are well known for their abilities to scale out linearly. Scaling out storage performance and capacity relative to compute resources is a powerful concept. By simply adding nodes to a cluster, it allows for these resources to grow proportionally in a way that meets technical demands, while using a more The post Options in scalability with Virtual SAN appeared first on Virtual Blocks.

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“Couldn’t format VMFS on nested ESXi (VSAN datastore)” via vbrain.info

Couldn’t format VMFS on nested ESXi (VSAN…

I was working on a blog post and I needed a nested lab for it. So I deployed one on my newly created 2 node VSAN cluster. I used the templates from the Content… The post Couldn’t format VMFS on nested ESXi (VSAN datastore) appeared first on vBrain.info.

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Virtual SAN Availability Blog Series

Virtual SAN Availability Blog Series

60 Minutes is Not Enough Availability was a very popular topic at VMworld 2016 U.S. The conference featured many breakout sessions covering VMware storage and availability solutionsincluding Virtual SAN, Site Recovery Manager, and Virtual Volumes. One of these sessions,STO8179 – Understanding the Availability Features of Virtual SAN, was delivered by GS Khalsa and I. Most The post Virtual SAN Availability Blog Series appeared first on Virtual Blocks.

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“My VMworld Presentations on VSAN are now available” via CormacHogan.com

My VMworld Presentations on VSAN are now available

What a VMworld this has been for VSAN. The building momentum of this product is awesome to see, especially for those of us who have been evangelizing it from the beginning. The conversations have changed significantly this year. Previously it Continue reading → The post My VMworld Presentations on VSAN are now available appeared first on CormacHogan.com .

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Horizon Air Hybrid Mode on VxRail

Horizon Air Hybrid Mode on VxRail

Witness how quickly you can get your first 100 desktops up and running with Horizon Air Hybrid-Mode on VxRail!

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[Video] VMWorld 2016: Running Epic with VSAN – Modern Architecture for Healthcare [STO9988-QT]

VMWorld 2016: Running Epic with VSAN – Modern…

Running Epic with VSAN – Modern Architecture for Healthcare [STO9988-QT] Speaker: Jonathan Butz, Healthcare Business Strategist, VMware, Inc. Lancaster General Hospital is running most of Epic 2015 using VSAN as their storage platform. In this session, we’ll discuss the financial and technical justification for the platform transformation. Learn about the financial savings, reliability improvements, performance improvements, scalability improvements, and quality of life improvements enabled by this platform transformation. (Apologies for the quiet nature of the Q&A session.)

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VMware adds data-at-rest encryption to VSAN beta – siliconANGLE

VMware adds data-at-rest encryption to VSAN beta

VMware Inc. is looking for beta testers of the latest version of its virtual storage area network (VSAN).

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Storage aims to catch up to the digital revolution – siliconANGLE

Storage aims to catch up to the digital revolution

VMware’s Virtual SAN (VSAN) is an enterprise-class shared storage solution for hyper-converged infrastructure optimized for today’s all-flash performance. And according to Christos Karamanolis, fellow and CTO of VMware, Inc.’s Storage and Availability business unit, VSAN is taking over the mainstream as more companies move through an overhaul and start the process of digital transformation.

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Taking VSAN to the next level, join the VSAN beta! – Yellow Bricks

Taking VSAN to the next level, join the VSAN beta!

In 2013 VSAN saw the day of light, the beta was released. Now 3 years later you have the opportunity to once again sign up and help improve our product. Over the last couple of years we have seen many new features introduced, so you may wonder what is left. There will be various enhancements in this release, […] ” Taking VSAN to the next level, join the VSAN beta! ” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter – @DuncanYB.

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Rawlinson Rivera & Yanbing Li, VMware – #VMworld – #theCUBE

Rawlinson Rivera & Yanbing Li, VMware -…

Rawlinson Rivera, Principal Architect for the Office of the CTO at VMware, & Yanbing Li, SVP & GM of Storage and Availability at VMware sat down with hosts John Furrier and Stu Miniman at VMworld 2016 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV.

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Is VSAN becoming the foundational layer of business’ modern infrastructure? – siliconANGLE

Is VSAN becoming the foundational layer of…

As VMware, Inc. spotlights its cross-cloud architecture, the possibilities for mobile access and deployment are drawing much of the attention from eager developers. But VMware’s engineers and planners are looking to wow customers with potential beyond what has already been realized.

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VMworld 2016: STO9424 – VMware VSAN Vision: The Future of HCI

VMworld 2016: STO9424 – VMware VSAN Vision: The…

Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) is now being deployed at scale across virtualized environments. Learn about key architectural aspects that drive efficiency, flexibility and cost-savings along with what’s next for VMware’s HCI vision.

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Market Momentum: Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Soars -VMware Radius

Market Momentum: Hyper-Converged Infrastructure…

Yanbing Li, VMware’s senior vice president and general manager for storage and availability, took VMworld’s main stage today and wowed the assembled crowd with her enthusiastic endorsement of hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and Virtual SAN. VMware’s HCI business is growing rapidly due to high demand, Li said. From June 2014 to June 2016, the Virtual SAN …

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New Virtual SAN Enterprise Networking Brocade White Paper – Punching Clouds

New Virtual SAN Enterprise Networking Brocade…

New and hot of the press white paper just in time for VMworld, New Virtual SAN Enterprise Routed Networking deployments with Brocade. Designing an implementing Virtual SAN across layer 3 networks require adequate planning and understanding of both the scalable capabilities of Virtual SAN and the network infrastructure, in order to be designed and implemented in […] ( Read more… ) The post New Virtual SAN Enterprise Networking Brocade White Paper appeared…Read More

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VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 Sets New Record – IT Peer Network

VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 Sets New Record – IT…

VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 All NVMe Flash Array with Intel® SSD P3520 Sets New Record At VMworld last year, we demonstrated the World’s First 64 node All Flash Virtual SAN with NVMe and SATA SSDs. The array achieved an impressive 6.7M IOPs setting a record of 100K IOPS per node. For this year’s VMworld in …continue reading VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 Sets New Record

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New Virtual SAN 6.2 Performance Record with Intel SSD P3520 Series – Punching Clouds

New Virtual SAN 6.2 Performance Record with…

WOW!!! I just learned about an incredible piece of information with regards to Virtual SAN and some record breaking performance. This is something that current and potential Virtual SAN customers should be able to love and appreciate. Intel continues to push the boundaries of Virtual SAN with their technologies and flash devices. Last year they […] ( Read more… ) The post New Virtual SAN 6.2 Performance Record with Intel…Read More

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Virtual SAN Enterprise Network Design and Implementation with Brocade – Punching Clouds

Virtual SAN Enterprise Network Design and…

As the growth and adoption of Virtual SAN continues to expand in enterprise data centers, the demand for designs and deployments across routed (L3) networks has increased. One of the fundamental components of the software-defined data center is Virtual SAN designs and deployments which must adhere to the same requirements and demands as the other […] ( Read more… ) The post Virtual SAN Enterprise Network Design and…Read More

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[Webcast] Virtual SAN Take 20 Series: Get the Best of HCI from VMworld 2016

[Webcast] Virtual SAN Take 20 Series: Get the…

Missed VMworld 2016? Get all the highlights from our hyper-converged infrastructure sessions during these 20-minute webcasts. Take your Virtual SAN knowledge to the next level!

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VMware Radius: Welcome to the ‘Year of Hyper-Converged Infrastructure’

Welcome to the ‘Year of Hyper-Converged…

Preparing to speak on the VMworld 2016 mainstage, VMware SVP and GM Yanbing Li talks about HCI, customers, and the future of storage.

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