Read Locality in Hybrid 2 Node Virtual SAN - Virtual Blocks Read Locality in Hybrid 2 Node Virtual SAN A question was asked the other day about the performance behavior of a virtual machine after a vMotion on a 2 Node Virtual SAN configuration. The question basically was: "Should there be a degradation in read... Continue Reading →

Excellent VSAN site: "vSAN Essentials 6.2" - Duncan and Corman Excellent VSAN site: "vSAN Essentials 6.2" -... When talking about virtualization and the underlying infrastructure that it runs on, one component that always comes up in conversation is storage. The reason for this is fairly simple: In many environments, storage is a pain point. Although... Continue Reading →

Migrating Workloads onto vSAN Migrating Workloads onto vSAN This light-board video describes the different options available to migrate workloads onto a vSAN datastore. VMware Social Media Advocacy

What is vSAN? What is vSAN? This video explains what is vSAN, what is Storage Policy-Based Policy (SPBM), and how vSAN’s in-kernel architecture and distributed nature is revolutionizing how storage is used in vSphere. VMware Social Media Advocacy

vSAN Data Placement vSAN Data Placement This video explains how vSAN decides where to place data components. VMware Social Media Advocacy

vSAN Erasure Coding vSAN Erasure Coding This video explains how Erasure Coding (Raid 5/6) works with vSAN. VMware Social Media Advocacy

vSAN Network Architecture vSAN Network Architecture This video explains how the vDS and network underlay may be designed to support a vSAN deployment. VMware Social Media Advocacy

vSAN Distributed Storage vSAN Distributed Storage This video contrasts two distributed storage solutions: An in-kernel based solution and a virtual storage appliance based solution. VMware Social Media Advocacy

vSAN vs Nutanix - View a discussion for vSAN on #VMTN vSAN vs Nutanix - View a discussion for vSAN on... I'd like to discuss the Pros and Cons for two solutions. VMware Social Media Advocacy

vSAN Disk Groups vSAN Disk Groups This video describes disk groups, the storage foundation of vSAN. VMware Social Media Advocacy