NUMA
In my continued search to understand how CPU allocation really works in VMware I came across this PodCast – It is really educational and I really recommend you to listen to it. “Unexplored Territory” talking to Richard Lu about NUMA.…
Category Architecture
Autoscaling of VM
Amazon AWS state: You should use AWS Auto Scaling if you have an application that uses one or more scalable resources and experiences variable load. A good example would be an e-commerce web application that receives variable traffic through the day.…
When is vSAN ESA the right choice
vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) is designed to leverage modern hardware, such as NVMe storage and RDMA networking, to deliver exceptional performance and scalability. This makes it particularly well-suited for workloads that require high throughput, low latency, and rapid scalability.…
vSAN OSA
Last blogpost was on vSAN ESA, so it makes good sense to now look at OSA. OSA stands for Original Storage Architecture. This design provides a two-tier architecture with caching and capacity tiers. It is the original architecture, and it…
vSAN ESA
In VMware vSAN 8, we are introduced to the option of two different storage architectures. OSA – Original Storage Architecture ESA – Express Storage Architecture What is ESA vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) uses a file system called Log-Structured File…
Architectural Standards
Working in an environment where we expand our Infrastructure platforms and change priorities there is a constant flow of requests from users and businesses to provide specialized Virtualization Environments. Having a standard for how an environment is designed is a…
vCenter in HA Configuration
Scenario: Suppose a company called XYZ Corporation heavily relies on virtualization technology for its IT infrastructure. They have many virtual machines running critical applications, and a vCenter Server manages these virtual machines. XYZ Corporation has decided to implement vCenter HA…
Least privilege access
The principle of least privilege (PoLP) is a security concept and best practice in systems administration. It is based on the idea that a user or process should be given only the minimum privileges necessary to perform their specific tasks…