In today’s world of Virtualization, we love to thin provision and overcommit. Be vary of the limitations…. When a vSphere datastore becomes full, several issues can arise that may impact virtual machine (VM) operations and the overall performance of the…
Previously, I posted about the replication of two HCIs using array-based or vSphere-based replication. This article addresses a third way or an addition to the two previously mentioned options. Dell Recovery Point for VMs (RP4VMs) synchronizes virtual machines to destination…
VMware vSAN is a powerful and versatile software-defined storage solution that integrates seamlessly with VMware’s hypervisor, vSphere. With the introduction of the Express Storage Architecture (ESA), VMware has pushed the boundaries of performance and scalability by leveraging modern hardware. However,…
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…
VM DRS balances VMs on ESXi hosts and gives the VMs the best possible startup point. Storage DRS is a similar technology that balances the vmdks over data stores. It is a technology that simplifies the datastore management. How to…
