VMware

VMware launches software to crack app performance problems

root — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:45:38 -0600

VMware subsidiary SpringSource has launched a new version of its Hyperic software

Microsoft: VMware customers are 'Windows customers first'

root — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:45:38 -0600

Microsoft targets VMware customers as it prepares for VMworld.

ESXi Hosts, AD Integrated Security Gotcha

tludwig — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:45:37 -0600

Configuring Active Directory-integrated security for ESXi hosts is easy; managing the license, a bit more complicated.

VMware beats forecast with strong Q2 results

root — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:45:26 -0600

VMware on Tuesday reported a 48 percent jump in revenue for the second quarter, a greater increase than expected, and raised its outlook for the full year on strong demand for its virtualization software.

vSphere 4.1 supports new storage array functions

root — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:15:34 -0600

VMware last week introduced vSphere 4.1, it latest virtualization platform. vSphere 4.1 has a variety of storage offerings but primarily the vStorage API for Array integration (VAAI), which allows VMware ESX servers to offload several storage operations to the storage hardware.

vSphere 4.1 - What do the vStorage APIs for Array Integration mean to you?

root — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:45:22 -0600

By Virtual Geek

Well – in a nutshell – more, for less.

The vStorage APIs for Array integration (or VAAI) have been something that we previewed back at VMworld 2009.

Now that vSphere 4.1 is officially out, we can now talk about it without tapdancing around a lot of stuff.

I did a webcast on this topic the week before last. I needed to step carefully around not saying “vSphere 4.1” or committed dates/functions, but now you know…

DRS Rules Revisited for Performance

tludwig — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:45:33 -0600

One of DRS's features is the ability to set separation or combination rules.

VMware co-founder tackles virtualization at Cisco

root — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:45:32 -0600

VMware co-founder Ed Bugnion, now at Cisco, is making sure the network adapts to the age of virtualization.

Future vCenter And SRM Requirement For 64 bit OS Means More vCenter VMs

root — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:45:38 -0600

VMware engineer Michael White’s post 64 bit is almost here – are you ready? on the Uptime (VMware and Business Continuity) Blog foretells of the future 64 bit requirement of both vCenter and... This is a summary only. Visit http://vmetc.com for full content.

EMC Atmos Virtual Appliance both to play, and for production

root — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:45:09 -0600

Great news in Atmos land! First of all – what is Atmos? Atmos may seem like something new to many, but you use Atmos-like stuff every day. If you think about YouTube, or your Facebook pictures, or Twitpics – or the type of storage used for these new funky scale-out noSQL based applications, it ain’t your usual SAN/NAS stuff. Those are all examples of next gen apps that leverage this class of storage platform.