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Elastic vDC and how to span a provider vDC across multiple DRS clusters

vCloud director 5.1 provides the ability to create elastic vDC which allows an organization vDC to consume resources from multiple DRS...
frankdenneman
2 min read

Would you be interested in Storage-level reservations?

In todays world it’s quite common to virtualize higher priority / tier-1 applications and services. These applications and services are usually...
frankdenneman
2 min read

Have you signed up for the Benelux Software Defined Datacenter Roadshow yet?

In less than 3 weeks time, the Benelux Software Defined Datacenter Roadshow starts. Industry-recognized experts from both IBM and VMware share...
frankdenneman
38 sec read

Please help VMware bring project NEE down to its (k)nees

Folks, We have been testing the HOL platform for a few weeks using automated scripts and thought it would be great...
frankdenneman
48 sec read

New technical paper: The CPU Scheduler in VMware vSphere 5.1

Today a new technical paper is available on vmware.com. Description The CPU scheduler is an essential component of vSphere 5.x. All...
frankdenneman
24 sec read

Hide all Getting Started Pages in vSphere 5.1 webclient in 3 easy steps

I’m rebuilding my lab and after I installed a new vCenter server I was confronted with those Getting Started tabs again....
frankdenneman
13 sec read

A primer on Network I/O Control

Network I/O Control (NetIOC) provides controls to partition network capacity during contention. NetIOC provides additional control over the usage of network...
frankdenneman
4 min read

Adjusting the cost of vMotion – a word of caution

Yesterday I posted an article on how to change the cost of vMotion in order to change the default number of...
frankdenneman
2 min read

Storage DRS and Storage vMotion bugs solved in vSphere 5.0 Update 2.

Today Update 2 for vSphere ESXI 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0 were released. I would like to highlight two bugs that...
frankdenneman
1 min read

Thin or thick disks? – it’s about management not performance

This is my contribution to the debate Zero or Thick disks – debunking the performance myth. The last couple of years...
frankdenneman
1 min read