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…
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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…
As virtualization continues to mature and hybrid cloud models become the norm, one architectural principle consistently proves itself essential for both resilience and security: the separation of workload and management. In VMware environments—whether traditional vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), or hybrid…
Creating a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) in a VMware-based brownfield environment is not about installing a single product — it’s a strategic, multi-layer redesign of trust boundaries across users, workloads, networks, and data. Below is a comprehensive roadmap and reference…
