vSphere ML Accelerator Spectrum Deep Dive –NVIDIA AI Enterprise Suite

vSphere allows assigning GPU devices to a VM using VMware’s (Dynamic) Direct Path I/O technology (Passthru) or NVIDIA’s vGPU technology. The NVIDIA vGPU technology is a core part of...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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vSphere 8.0 Update 1 Enhancements for Accelerating Machine Learning Workloads

Recently vSphere 8 Update 1 was released, introducing excellent enhancements, ranging from VM-level power consumption metrics to Okta Identity Federation for...
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My Picks for NVIDIA GTC Spring 2023

This week GTC Spring 2023 kicks off again. These are the sessions I look forward to next week. Please leave a...
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6 min read

Discover what’s new in vSphere 8.0 U1 and vSAN 8.0 U1

We (the Unexplored Territory team) work with the vSphere release team to get you the latest information about the new releases...
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Deploying Volumes with Lefthand CLIQ

Due to my extreme busy schedule I haven’t blogged for a while. Besides studying for VCDX and preparing for VMworld I’m...
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Deploying Volumes with Lefthand (CLIQ)

Due to my extreme busy schedule I haven’t blogged for a while. Besides studying for VCDX and preparing for VMworld I’m...
frankdenneman
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VMworld 2009 sessions

After skipping both VMworld events in 2008 I’m attending the VMworld event in San Francisco. This is the first event after VMware released vSphere...
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Flex10 update

In my first post I had a question about the path data travels when sent to a “standby” virtual connect module....
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1 min read

Windows 2008 disk alignment

Due to many performance studies about disk performance it is well known that disk alignment for both VMFS partitions and NTFS...
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3 min read

Flex-10 lessons learned

One of my clients bought a couple of HP blade c7000 enclosures recently. Including the new dual port Flex-10 mezzanine cards...
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4 min read

VMFS Volume Management document

VMware published an excellent document about VMFS volume management a few days ago. VMware® VMFS Volume Management information guide The guide...
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My first lefthand ISCSI VI architecture

I’m currently reviewing a design of a new virtual infrastructure. The VI uses multiple 10GB links to connect to a very...
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1 min read

Increasing the queue depth?

When it comes to IO performance in the virtual infrastructure one of the most recommended “tweaks” is changing the Queue Depth...
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3 min read

HP CA and the use of LUN balancing scripts

Some of my customers use HP Continuous Access to replicate VM data between storage arrays. Lately a couple of LUN balancing...
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