VMware vSphere: A Great Place to Run Enterprise Databases
I saw a tweet today (shown below) that reminded me of 27th August, 2012. This was the day…
SQL Server Templates with VMware – Dude Where’s My Drive Letters?
One of the reasons to virtualize SQL Server and any other business critical application is that you can…
VMware vSphere 5.5 Virtual Storage Adapter Performance
A number of you have shown an interest in the relative performance of the different virtual storage adapters…
vSphere Metro Stretched Cluster with vSphere 5.5 and PDL AutoRemove
In my article vSphere 5.5 Jumbo VMDK Deep Dive I covered the new PDL AutoRemove feature of vSphere 5.5 briefly,…
The Trouble With SSL Certificates and Upgrading to VMware SSO 5.5
If you’re upgrading from vSphere 5.1 to vSphere 5.5 and you ARE NOT using Custom CA SSL Certificates…
vSphere 5.5 Record Breaking Network Performance
VMware recently published a record breaking network performance test where a single ESXi host showed close to line…
vSphere 5.5 Windows Failover Clustering Support
During VMworld USA 2013 where vSphere 5.5 was launched we heard all about the new enhancements. Some of…
vSphere 5.5 Jumbo VMDK Deep Dive
Many of you may recall the article I wrote titled The Case for Larger Than 2TB Virtual Disks and…
The Great Jumbo Frames Debate
Over the last couple of weeks the debate about whether or not to enable Jumbo Frames has been…
VMworld USA 2013 By The Numbers
This will be a brief article highlighting some of the numbers that are of interest from VMworld US…