It looks like Amazon is getting its game together. As of now the Black and White paperback edition is available at Amazon.com. Get it here:
VMware vSphere Clustering Technical Deepdive

We are still waiting for the Full color edition to become available, but hey it’s a start

The entire week Amazon hasn’t been able to index both vSphere 5 Clustering technical deepdive editions properly.
We are working with Createspace to fix these problems. In the meantime, both full color and black and white editions can be ordered at Createspace:

Black and White: https://www.createspace.com/3641804 $29.95
Full Color: https://www.createspace.com/3586911 $49.95

An update follows as soon as Amazon list the paperbacks.

I just received the second proof copy of the new book and I’m really (really) stoked about the book. The full color print is awesome and truly adds that special feeling to the book.
I’m so excited how the diagrams turned out, that I must share some pictures of the inside of the book.

(For the CSI-fan’s, yes I have blurred some text fields as they contain NDA material)

Besides the diagrams, the whole interior is redesigned. The spread is reviewed, inner and outer margins are adjusted and we even taken the gutter space into account, providing a better and nicer reading experience.

We decided that we are going to offer the book in Full color format and a (full-color) ebook. After seeing the full-color version, we believe publishing a black and white version will not do the content any justice.And due to time constraints we cannot invest time in offering a black and white version of the book.

We are still finalizing the book but we hope to provide the possibility of pre-ordering near the publish date. Stay tuned for more information!

Lately the amount of content of frankdenneman.nl is getting a bit stale, so a small update from my side to show what I’ve been up to and that this blog is still alive.

vSphere x Clustering Deepdive
Duncan and I are working (feverishly) on a new book for a while. Calling it an update of the 4.1 HA and DRS technical deepdive won’t do the book any justice as the old chapters are complete rewritten. The HA section will cover the new HA stack of the upcoming vSphere version, while the focus of the DRS section leans more towards resource management. In addition this book covers Storage DRS and introduces a cool new feature called “supporting deep dives” These additional deep dives expand on supporting technologies of the main cluster feature set, it will contain in-depth information of technologies such as vMotion, Storage vMotion, EVC and certain new technologies introduced in the upcoming version of vSphere. I bet you guys will love this stuff.

Speaking at VMworld 2011
Last Friday I received very good news. In my previous post I asked everyone to consider voting on the sessions I participate in and the good news is that both sessions were accepted. Session VSP1682 – vSphere 5 clustering Q&A, co-presenting with Duncan is accepted for both VMworld Las Vegas as well as VMworld Europe in Copenhagen. The second session, VSP1425 – Ask the Experts vBloggers, I’m proud to join the incredible line-up of Chad Sackac, Duncan Epping, Rick Scherer and Scott Lowe to help answer questions on virtualization design. After 5 years of visit VMworld as an attendee, I finally get to experience what it’s like to be at the other side of the room.