You are one tickbox away from completely overhauling the way you look at resource pools. Yes you can still use them as folders (sigh), but with the newly intro... Read More...
DRS in vSphere 7 is equipped with a new algorithm. The old algorithm measured the load of each host in the cluster and tried to keep the difference in workload... Read More...
Duncan posted an article today in which he brings up the question: Should I use many small LUNs or a couple large LUNs for Storage DRS? In this article he expla... Read More...
First things first, I normally do not recommend changing advanced settings. Always try to tune system behavior by changing the settings provided by the user int... Read More...
In part 1 of the series of post on the impact of oversized virtual machines NUMA architecture, memory overhead reservation and share levels are reviewed, part 2... Read More...
Due to requirements or constraints it might be necessary to exclude a virtual machine from automatic migration and stop it from moving around by DRS. Use the “P... Read More...
Duncan’s article on vCloud Allocation models states that:
a provider vDC can be a VMware vSphere Cluster or a Resource Pool …
Although vCloud Director offers th... Read More...
Another reason to upgrade to vSphere 4.1 is the DRS adaptive MaxMovesPerHost parameter. The MaxMovesPerHost setting determines the maximum amount of migrations ... Read More...
Another new feature of vSphere 4.1 is the DRS-Fault Tolerance integration. vSphere 4.1 allows DRS not only to perform initial placement of the Fault Tolerance (... Read More...
A customer of mine wanted more information about the new DRS Resource Distribution Chart in vCenter 4.0, so I thought after writing the text for the customer, w... Read More...