Few terms in enterprise IT are used as loosely as hybrid cloud. For some, it simply means “we still have data centers.” For others, it’s a transitional state—on the way to being “fully cloud.” In boardrooms, the term is often…
Side‑by‑Side Architectural Comparison Category VMware Stretched Cluster VMware Live Site Recovery (VLSR) Primary Purpose Disaster avoidance through continuous availability Disaster recovery through orchestrated failover and failback Failure Model Survive site failure while workloads continue running Accept outage, then recover workloads…
Use this table to determine whether a stretched cluster is the right architectural choice for a given environment. How to Use This Matrix ✅ Decision Matrix Decision Area Question to Ask Stretched Cluster: YES When… Stretched Cluster: NO When… Business…
Watch this recording to see the new features in action through demo-walkthroughs and discover how the newly announced partnerships will expand VCF 9.1 capabilities. https://players.brightcove.net/6415665063001/Vh8ALpkmx_default/index.html?videoId=6394726101112&elqTrackId=dca3d0261fa54421ba5c4c5268bb8098&elqaid=4093&elqat=2&elqak=8AF559FF0064507849FAD71CC7C46B28C6904BE4891F7B8348261924CE5934E0463A
When an organization sets out to build a new server virtualization environment, it often frames the task as a technical exercise. Hardware must be selected, clusters designed, networks laid out, and storage aligned with performance expectations. From the outside, this…
In many technology organizations, career progression still follows an unspoken rule: if you are a strong enough engineer for long enough, architecture is assumed to be the destination. Mastery leads to seniority, seniority leads to influence, and influence is formalized…
Extreme Performance Series 2026: Advanced NVMe Memory Tiering VCF 9 Memory tiering with NVMe drives – really useful these times where RAM is really expensive
What is a stretched cluster A vSAN stretched cluster is a deployment model where a single vSAN cluster is extended across two geographically separated data centers, with a third site hosting the Witness Appliance. This architecture provides site‑level resilience by synchronously mirroring data between two active…
