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Storage DRS datastore cluster default affinity rule

In vSphere 5.1 you can configure the default (anti) affinity rule of the datastore cluster via the user interface. Please note...
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Storage DRS datastore correlation detector

One of the cool new features of Storage DRS in vSphere 5.1 is the datastore correlation detector used by the SIOC...
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VM templates and Storage DRS

Please note that Storage DRS cannot move VM templates via storage vMotion. This can impact load balancing operations or datastore maintenance...
frankdenneman
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Storage DRS enables SIOC on datastores only if I/O load balancing is enabled

Lately, I’ve received some comments why I don’t include SIOC in my articles when talking about space load balancing. Well, Storage...
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Limiting the number of Storage vMotions

When enabling datastore maintenance mode, Storage DRS will move virtual machines out of the datastore as fast as it can. The...
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Blog post on blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/

As part of the Technical Marketing team of VMware focusing on the vSphere platform I contribute to the vSphere blog on...
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Storage DRS load balance frequency

Storage DRS load balancing frequency differs from DRS load balance frequency, where DRS runs every 5 minutes to balance CPU and...
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Aggregating datastores from multiple storage arrays into one Storage DRS datastore cluster.

Combining datastores located on different storage arrays into a single datastore cluster is a supported configuration, such a configuration could be...
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Connecting multiple DRS clusters to a single Storage DRS datastore cluster.

Recently I received the question if you can connect multiple compute (HA and DRS) clusters to a single Storage DRS datastore...
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Impact of Intra VM affinity rules on Storage DRS

By default Storage DRS applies an Intra-VM affinity rule to all new virtual machines in the datastore cluster. The Intra-VM affinity...
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