VSAN Healthcheck: Read Cache Reservations test…

VSAN Healthcheck: Read Cache Reservations test failed (via Yellow Bricks)

VSAN Healthcheck: Read Cache Reservations test…

I’ve seen this popping up a bunch of times now, and it seems that the problem and solution is not easy to find for people so I thought I would give it a try as well. When running VSAN all-flash and Horizon View it can happen that you see a failed test for Read Cache […] ” VSAN Healthcheck: Read Cache Reservations test failed ” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter – @DuncanYB.


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New Virtual SAN Solution Overview Paper: Mixed…

New Virtual SAN Solution Overview Paper: Mixed Workloads in HCI

New Virtual SAN Solution Overview Paper: Mixed…

A new Solution Overview paper discusses how Virtual SAN provides a resolution to the complexities originally plaguing dedicated infrastructure hardware. The white paper can be obtained here, but a summary of the piece can be found below.


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VSAN Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 Hybrid to All…

VSAN Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 Hybrid to All Flash – Part 3–anthonyspiteri

VSAN Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 Hybrid to All…

When VSAN 6.2 was released earlier this year it came with new and enhanced features and with the price of SSDs continuing to fall and an expanding HCL it seems like All Flash instances are becoming more the norm and for those that have already deployed VSAN in a Hybrid configuration the temptation to upgrade to All Flash is certainly there. Duncan Epping has previously blogged the overview of migrating from Hybrid to All Flash so I wanted to expand on that post and go through the process in a little more detail. This is the final part of a three part blog series with the process overview outlined below.


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Announcing the New VMware Virtual SAN IDC Lab…

Announcing the New VMware Virtual SAN IDC Lab Validation Report

Announcing the New VMware Virtual SAN IDC Lab…

Hot off the press: VMware Virtual SAN IDC Lab Validation Report With the launch of VMware Virtual SAN 6.2, VMware expanded the capabilities of Virtual SAN as a platform and introduced better data efficiency features by delivering deduplication and compression of data as well as providing RAID-5/RAID-6 support for all flash Virtual SAN environments. This The post Announcing the New VMware Virtual SAN IDC Lab Validation Report appeared first on Virtual Blocks.


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Bootstrap a Single-node VSAN Cluster under…

Bootstrap a Single-node VSAN Cluster under Running vCenter Server — vMusketeers

Bootstrap a Single-node VSAN Cluster under…

In my NSX Lab, I needed a single-node cluster with VSAN enabled beside another normal cluster with three nodes. William Lam has a genius post about how to bootstrap a single-node VSAN cluster to add your vCenter on it in your lab, but unfortunately even thoughhis adviceworks perfectly when you have a single ESXi host, itdoes not work well when you already have a vCenter in place. Mystory begins from the VSAN Default Storage Policy. This policy enforces that adeployment of VMs needs tohave:…Read More


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VSAN Upgrading From 6.1 To 6.2 Hybrid To All…

VSAN Upgrading From 6.1 To 6.2 Hybrid To All Flash – Part 2

VSAN Upgrading From 6.1 To 6.2 Hybrid To All…

When VSAN 6.2 was released earlier this year it came with new and enhanced features and with the price of SSDs continuing to fall and an expanding HCL it seems like All Flash instances are becoming more the norm and for those that have already deployed VSAN in a Hybrid configuration the temptation to upgrade to All Flash is certainly The post VSAN Upgrading From 6.1 To 6.2 Hybrid To All Flash – Part 2 appeared first on VIRTUALIZATION IS LIFE! .


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Another major milestone, 5000 customers reached…

Another major milestone, 5000 customers reached for VSAN!

Another major milestone, 5000 customers reached…

Advertise here with BSA Yes, new quarterly results are out, and this is crazy, Yanbing (SVP/GM for Storage & Availability BU) dropped the news on twitter last night: Amazing customer momentum in Q2. Hyper-converged license bookings (VSAN+VxRAIL SW) grew >200% YoY. Customer count grew to 5,000! Congrats! — Yanbing Li (@ybhighheels) July 18, 2016 Yes that is correct, VSAN […] ” Another major milestone, 5000 customers reached for VSAN! ” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on…Read More


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VSAN Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 Hybrid to All…

VSAN Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 Hybrid to All Flash – Part 1

VSAN Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 Hybrid to All…

When VSAN 6.2 was released earlier this year it came with new and enhanced features and depending on what version you where running you might not have been able to take advantage of them all right away. Across all versions, Software Checksum was added with Advanced and Enterprise versions getting VSANs implementation of Erasure Coding (RAID 5/6) with Deduplication and Compression available for the All Flash version and QOS IOPS The post VSAN Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 Hybrid to All Flash –…Read More


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New VMware Virtual SAN and Cohesity…

New VMware Virtual SAN and Cohesity DataPlatform White Paper — Punching Clouds

New VMware Virtual SAN and Cohesity…

Hot off of the press!: New VMware Virtual SAN and Cohesity white paper. I got the opportunity to collaborate with my pals Gaetan Castelein and Sai Mukundan from Cohesity and co-author a white paper based on Virtual SAN and Cohesity DataPlaform. Download it and learn about the undeniable cost effective value hyper-convergence delivers to the modernization of […] ( Read more… ) The post New VMware Virtual SAN and Cohesity DataPlatform White Paper appeared…Read More


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VMware VSAN 6.2 emerges as a leader in the…

“VMware VSAN 6.2 emerges as a leader in the hyper-converged market” via TechTarget

VMware VSAN 6.2 emerges as a leader in the…

As VMware Virtual SAN moves to the forefront of the software-defined storage and hyper-converged markets, users are advised to weigh its pros and cons before implementation.


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Virtual SAN Performance Service and Performance…

Virtual SAN Performance Service and Performance Tools

Virtual SAN Performance Service and Performance…

One of the exciting new features of Virtual SAN 6.2 is the new performance service.For quick troubleshooting of issues, or verification of performance it is a great and simple tool that can be turned on with a single checkbox. This is an ESXi native performance monitoring system with API, as well as UI access. For The post Virtual SAN Performance Service and Performance Tools appeared first on Virtual Blocks.


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[Webcast] A Primer in VMware Virtual SAN and…

[Webcast] A Primer in VMware Virtual SAN and VMware NSX Compatibility

[Webcast] A Primer in VMware Virtual SAN and…

Many VMware customers have asked: Are Virtual SAN and NSX compatible? The answer is “yes.” Learn how Virtual SAN and NSX can co-exist on the same vSphere infrastructure to provide all the advantages of network virtualization for hyper-converged infrastructure. In this technical webinar we will have a detailed discussion of Virtual SAN deployment and network configurations, along with:


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Virtual SAN 6.2 Performance with OLTP and VDI…

Virtual SAN 6.2 Performance with OLTP and VDI Workloads

Virtual SAN 6.2 Performance with OLTP and VDI…

Virtual SAN is a VMware storage solution that is tightly integrated with vSphere—making storage setup and maintenance in a vSphere virtualized environment fast and flexible. Virtual SAN 6.2 adds several features and improvements, including additional data integrity with software checksum, space efficiency features of RAID-5 and RAID-6, deduplication and compression, and an in-memory client read cache.


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VMware Virtual SAN For Remote Office And Branch…

VMware Virtual SAN For Remote Office And Branch Office (ROBO)

VMware Virtual SAN For Remote Office And Branch…

As a global company, VMware has many office locations throughout the world. I myself, being based in Beijing, get to hear from many customers who would love to deploy VMware Virtual SAN at a Remote Office and Branch Office (ROBO) site. However, they have concerns and questions with regards to performance and reliability. Well, question no more. This blog is going to knock your socks off.


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Virtual SAN second edition paper copy available…

Virtual SAN second edition paper copy available now! — Yellow Bricks

Virtual SAN second edition paper copy available…

VMware’s Virtual SAN has rapidly proven itself in environments ranging from hospitals to oil rigs to e-commerce platforms. Along the way, it has matured to offer unsurpassed features for data integrity, availability, and space efficiency. Virtual SAN 6.x makes all-flash storage practical for even more use cases, while radically simplifying IT operations and supporting the transition to hyper-converged infrastructures (HCI). Now, the authors of Essential Virtual SAN (VSAN) have thoroughly updated their definitive guide to this transformative technology. Writing for vSphere administrators, architects, and consultants, Cormac Hogan and Duncan Epping explain what Virtual SAN is, how it has evolved, what it now offers, and how to gain maximum…Read More


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