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VMware vSphere 9.0 brings robust features for virtualization. Yet achieving top performance requires smart tweaks across hardware, hypervisor settings, and virtual machine configurations. Drawing from official guidance, this post highlights ten key practices to optimize your environment. These tips help you maximize throughput, reduce latency, and ensure smooth operations. What...

This new version part of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 update, delivers on this with several powerful new features. VMware vSAN 9.0 has been redesigned to be more flexible and powerful for your most important work, and it's also cheaper. It includes a new feature that reduces how much storage you need, which...

StarWind VSAN is a perfect solution to replace your aging hardware SAN device and save money. In addition, it's a perfect solution for ROBO environments where you still need High Availability (HA) and resilience. A simple, two-node setup use StarWind VSAN where the internal storage of your hosts is used...

High availability (HA) protected workloads is something we want in production. Knowing that our workload will continue to be available (restarted) on remaining node is something we want to have. HA is not Fault tolerance so our workload will experience small downtime, before being restarted on another node in a...

StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN) represents a paradigm shift in modern data center architecture, eliminating the need for expensive physical shared storage arrays while delivering enterprise-grade performance and reliability. This software-defined storage solution delivers high performance by simply mirroring internal hard disks and flash between hypervisor servers, creating a cost-effective, scalable...

Description VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage V7 provides participants with the knowledge and skills to understand vSAN concepts, implement, configure, and manage vSAN-based Software-Defined Storage (SDS) environments. This course provides a thorough explanation of various vSAN architectures, including Hybrid and All-Flash configurations. Participants will learn about Storage Policies and how...

VMware vMotion is a powerful workhorse for live migration, but understanding its advanced nuances can significantly enhance your ability to manage complex virtual environments. This blog post delves into advanced vMotion considerations, including long-distance migrations, the impact of stun time, and effective troubleshooting techniques, equipping you with the knowledge to...

In the ever-evolving landscape of virtualization, managing storage efficiently and without disrupting critical workloads is paramount. VMware Storage vMotion emerges as a powerful solution, enabling live migration of a virtual machine's (VM) virtual disks between datastores – all while the VM remains powered on and accessible to users. This capability...

SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability 2024.2 is a comprehensive solution designed to optimize performance, ensure availability, and reduce remediation time across on-premises and multi-cloud environments. This version introduces several enhancements to improve monitoring and management capabilities.​ Key Features and Enhancements: Support for Azure Load Balancer and Azure SQL Database: The 2024.2...

SANnav's Brocade Management Portal and SANnav Global View allow IT to be more productive through streamlined processes and providing the right information at the right time. These tools simplify management by eliminating time-consuming command-line (CLI) tasks to manage, monitor, and alert you to issues affecting the SAN. The SANnav Management Portal...