The misconception of self-learning capabilities of Large Language Models during Production

I enjoyed engaging with many customers about bringing Gen-AI to the on-prem data center at VMware Explore. Many customers want to keep their data and IP between the four...
frankdenneman
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#47 – How VMware accelerates customers achieving their net zero carbon emissions goal

In episode 047, we spoke with Varghese Philipose about VMware’s sustainability efforts and how they help our customers meet...
frankdenneman
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#46 – VMware Cloud Flex Compute Tech Preview

We’re extending the VMware Cloud Services overview series with a tech preview of the VMware Cloud Flex Compute service....
frankdenneman
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VMware Cloud Services Overview Podcast Series

Over the last year, we’ve interviewed many guests, and throughout the Unexplored Territory Podcast show, we wanted to provide...
frankdenneman
1 min read

Research and Innovation at VMware with Chris Wolf

In episode 042 of the Unexplored Territory podcast, we talk to Chris Wolf, Chief Research and Innovation Officer of...
frankdenneman
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Gen AI Sessions at Explore Barcelona 2023

I’m looking forward to next week’s VMware Explore conference in Barcelona. It’s going to be a busy week. Hopefully, I will...
frankdenneman
1 min read

vSphere ML Accelerator Spectrum Deep Dive – Using Dynamic DirectPath IO (Passthrough) with VMs 

vSphere 7 and 8 offer two passthrough options, DirectPath IO and Dynamic DirectPath IO. Dynamic DirectPath IO is the vSphere brand...
frankdenneman
5 min read

vSphere ML Accelerator Spectrum Deep Dive – ESXi Host BIOS, VM, and vCenter Settings

To deploy a virtual machine with a vGPU, whether a TKG worker node or a regular VM, you must enable some...
frankdenneman
16 min read

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Best practices

Last week at VMworld and the VCDX defense panels I heard the term “Best Practices” a lot. The term best practice...
frankdenneman
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VMworld vCloud Director Labs

Yesterday the VMworld Labs opened up to the public and if you want to take vCloud Director for a spin I’m...
frankdenneman
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NUMA, Hyperthreading and NUMA.PreferHT

I received a lot of questions about Hyperthreading and NUMA in ESX 4.1 after writing the ESX 4.1 NUMA scheduling article....
frankdenneman
3 min read

VM settings: Prefer Partially Automated over Disabled

Due to requirements or constraints it might be necessary to exclude a virtual machine from automatic migration and stop it from...
frankdenneman
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Voted number 6 of top 25 VMware blogs, WOW!

Eric Siebert of vSphere-land, together with David Davis, Simon Seagrave and John Troyer announced the results of the Top 25 blogs...
frankdenneman
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Provider vDC: cluster or resource pool?

Duncan’s article on vCloud Allocation models states that: a provider vDC can be a VMware vSphere Cluster or a Resource Pool...
frankdenneman
5 min read

Resource pools and simultaneous vMotions

Many organizations have the bad habit to use resource pools to create a folder structure in the host and cluster view...
frankdenneman
1 min read

2 days left to vote

Eric Siebert owner of vSphere-land.com started the second round of the bi-annual top 25 VMware virtualization blogs voting. The last voting...
frankdenneman
1 min read

ESX 4.1 NUMA Scheduling

VMware has made some changes to the CPU scheduler in ESX 4.1; one of the changes is the support for Wide...
frankdenneman
2 min read

vCloud Director Architecture

A vCloud infrastructure consists of several components. Many of you have deployed, managed, installed or designed vSphere environments. The vCloud Director...
frankdenneman
1 min read