Configuring Database Servers for Optimal Performance
Your database is just an extension of your storage. Many of you may have heard me say…
SAP HANA on VMware vSphere Now with Full Production Support
A few days ago VMware and SAP jointly announced full production support for SAP HANA on VMware vSphere.…
Oracle Licensing and Support on Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform
I’ve written quite a bit about Oracle virtualization in the past, as you can find on my Oracle…
The Gotcha with vFRC and vCenter 5.5
vFlash Read Cache (vFRC)is a feature of vSphere 5.5 that can accelerate the read IO of VM’s by…
Nutanix VDI Example Architecture for 20K to 200K+ Power User Desktops
In a previous article, Nutanix Disruption as a Service Serves Up VDI Assurance World First, I wrote about the…
Master the Monster VM Performance in Your Software-Defined Datacenter at VMworld 2014
At VMworld in 2013, which had 25,000 attendees, it was fantastic that one of my sessions got into the…
Nutanix Disruption as a Service Serves Up VDI Assurance World First
I normally bring you information about business critical apps such as Oracle, SAP, Java, SQL Server and the…
Heads Up Alert: vSphere 5.5 U1 NFS Random Disconnection Bug!
Just wanted to give my readers a heads up that there appears to be a bug with vSphere…
Using DB Replay to Test Performance and Scalability of Oracle Databases
There are a number of tools available that can assist with testing performance and scalability of Oracle Databases…
SQL and Oracle On Nutanix Papers Hot Of The Press
Two papers that have been the result of some of the work I and the team have been…