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At VMworld, the presenters of the following sessions will be giving away free copies of the Host Deep Dive book to the audience. Saturday Performance Bootcamp Mark Achtemichuk Saturday, Aug 26, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. More information about pre-VMworld Performance Bootcamp Sunday An Introduction to VMware Software-Defined Storage [STO2138QU] Lee Dilworth, Principal Systems Engineer, VMware Sunday, Aug 27, 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Oceanside C, Level 2 Monday A Deep Dive into vSphere 6.5 Core Storage Features and Functionality [SER1143BU] Cody Hosterman, Technical Director–VMware Solutions, Pure Storage Cormac Hogan, Director - Chief Technologist, VMware Monday, Aug 28, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Mandalay Bay Ballroom G, Level 2 Extreme Performance Series: Benchmarking 101 [SER2723BUR] Joshua Schnee, Senior Staff Engineer @ VMware Performance, VMware Mark Achtemichuk, Staff Engineer, Performance, VMware Monday, Aug 28, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Mandalay Bay Ballroom B, Level 2 Maximum Performance with Mark Achtemichuk [VIRT2368GU] Mark Achtemichuk, Staff Engineer, Performance, VMware Monday, Aug 28, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Reef E, Level 2 The Top 10 Things to Know About vSAN [STO1264BU] Duncan Epping, Chief Technologist, VMware Cormac Hogan, Director - Chief Technologist, VMware Monday, Aug 28, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Mandalay Bay Ballroom H, Level 2 VMware vSAN: From 2 Nodes to 64 Nodes, Architecting and Operating vSAN Like a VCDX for Scalability and Simplicity [STO2114BU] Greg Mulholland, Principal Systems Engineer, VMware Jeff Wong, Customer Success Architect, VMware Monday, Aug 28, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Surf E, Level 2 Tuesday Extreme Performance Series: Performance Best Practices [SER2724BU] Reza Taheri, Principal Engineer, VMware Mark Achtemichuk, Staff Engineer, Performance, VMware Tuesday, Aug 29, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Oceanside D, Level 2 Wednesday vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep Dive: Part 2 [SER1872BU] Frank Denneman, Senior Staff Architect, VMware Niels Hagoort, Owner, HIC (Hagoort ICT Consultancy) Wednesday, Aug 30, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Breakers E, Level 2 Extreme Performance Series: Benchmarking 101 [SER2723BUR] Joshua Schnee, Senior Staff Engineer @ VMware Performance, VMware Mark Achtemichuk, Staff Engineer, Performance, VMware Wednesday, Aug 30, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Lagoon L, Level 2 vSAN Networking and Design Best Practices [STO3276GU] John Nicholson, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, VMware Wednesday, Aug 30, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Reef C, Level 2 vSAN Hardware Deep Dive Panel [STO1540PU] Ed Goggin, Staff Engineer 2, VMware David Edwards, Principal Engineer, Director Solutions, Resurgent Technology Ken Werneburg, Group Manager Technical Marketing, VMware Jeffrey Taylor, Technical Director, VMware Ron Scott-Adams, Hyper-Converged Systems Engineer, VMware Wednesday, Aug 30, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Mandalay Bay Ballroom D, Level 2 A Closer Look at vSAN Networking Design and Configuration Considerations [STO1193BU] Cormac Hogan, Director - Chief Technologist, VMware Andreas Scherr, Senior Solution Architect, VMware Wednesday, Aug 30, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Mandalay Bay Ballroom G, Level 2 Thursday Virtual Volumes Technical Deep Dive [STO2446BU] Patrick Dirks, Sr. Manager, VMware Pete Flecha, Sr Technical Marketing Architect, VMware Thursday, Aug 31, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Oceanside B, Level 2 Book Signing We will be doing two book signing sessions as well. At the Rubrik booth #412 on Monday, Aug 28, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. At the VMworld Book store on Tuesday, Aug 29, 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Or just feel free to approach us when you see us walking by.