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Multi-GPU and Distributed Deep Learning

February 19, 2020
More enterprises are incorporating machine learning (ML) into their operations, products, and services. Similar to other workloads, a hybrid-cloud model strate... Read More...
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Machine Learning Workload and GPGPU NUMA Node Locality

January 30, 2020
In the previous article "PCIe Device NUMA Node Locality" I covered the physical connection between the processor and the PCIe device briefly touched upon machi... Read More...
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PCIe Device NUMA Node Locality

January 10, 2020
During this Christmas break, I wanted to learn PowerCLI properly. As I'm researching the use-cases of new hardware types and workloads in the data center, I ma... Read More...
5041 views15 min read

vSphere 6.5+ DRS Pairwise Balancing

October 30, 2019
Or maybe I should have called this blog post, "I'm seeing an excessive number of DRS initiated vMotions on my newly upgraded 6.5 environment". Recently I was p... Read More...
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AMD EPYC Naples vs Rome and vSphere CPU Scheduler Updates

October 14, 2019
Recently AMD announced the 2nd generation of the AMD EPYC CPU architecture, the EPYC 7002 series. Most refer to the new CPU architecture using its interna... Read More...
6864 views14 min read

60 Minutes of NUMA VMworld Session Commands

August 27, 2019
Verify Distribution of Memory Modules with PowerCLI Get-CimInstance -CimSession $Session CIM_PhysicalMemory | select BankLabel, Description, @{n=‘Capacity i... Read More...
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5 Things to Know About Project Pacific

August 26, 2019
During the keynote of the first day of VMworld 2019, Pat unveiled Project Pacific. In short, project Pacific transforms vSphere into a unified application plat... Read More...
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VMworld US 2019 – Know Before You Go Podcast

July 22, 2019
Last week I had the pleasure of connecting again with my friends and colleagues Pete Flecha, Duncan Epping and amateur back up dancer to Pat Benatar, Mr. Ken ... Read More...
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Allen, McKeown, and Kondo

April 24, 2019
The title is a reference to one of the most interesting books I have ever read, Escher, Godel, and Bach. Someone described it as, "Read this book if you like t... Read More...
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VMware Cloud on AWS on Virtually Speaking Podcast

April 9, 2019
Last week I had the pleasure of connecting again with my friends and colleagues Pete Flecha a.k.a PedroArrow and eternal sunshine John Nicholson. During the po... Read More...
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About the Author

Frank Denneman is a Chief Technologist in the Office of CTO of the Cloud Platform BU at VMware. He is the author of multiple books including “vSphere 6.5 Host Technical Deep Dive” and the “vSphere Clustering Technical Deep Dive” series.

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