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Why vSAN is the storage of choice for VMware Cloud Foundation
Recently VMware annouced that Cloud Foundation would support external storage connectivity, when I first heard this I thought to myself are VMware out of their minds? Amongst customers who I meet and...
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How intel optane and nvme helps with node consolidation
As the core density increases on a CPU it opens up the opportunity to consolidate the number of nodes required in any given cluster, but in a vSAN cluster, node consolidation has a negative effect on...
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Why a NAND based SSD may not be the right choice for vSAN cache Tier
As we all know storage media has evolved very quickly over the past few years, the decline of the spinning disk and the move to flash based storage devices, but also the shift from SAS/SATA protocol...
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vSAN 7.0U1 – A New Way to Add Capacity
As we all know there are a number of ways of scaling capacity in a vSAN environment, you can add disks to existing hosts and scale the storage independently of compute, or you can add nodes to the...
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Do I need a Bigger Write Buffer?
Even since VMware published this article on cache sizing guidelines for all-flash I still get asked two questions, the first one is around the amount of cache required per node? The second is about...
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Enabling RDMA for vSAN with intel e810 adapter
The Intel E810 network adapter is now fully certified for RDMA support in vSAN, I thought I would try it out and see what performance improvement I would get by enabling it. However I found that just...
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What’s happening with Intel Optane?
I have done a lot of testing on Optane SSDs in the past, but in July of 2022 Intel announced their intention to wind down the Optane business. Since that announcement I have had many questions...
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VROC vs Traditional RAID Controller: Optimizing Boot Devices in VMware vSAN...
The world of data storage is constantly evolving, with technology advancements aiming to maximize performance and efficiency in data center operations. One of the recent innovations in storage...
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Every day, new technological developments improve the speed and adaptability of information storage and processing in today’s modern world. The Application Device Queue (ADQ) is one such breakthrough...
View ArticleHarnessing the Power of VMware vSAN and Intel Gen 4 Xeon Scalable Processors...
As the workloads of AI systems increase in complexity, more powerful and sophisticated infrastructure is required to support them. Modern applications of artificial intelligence necessitate improved...
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