VMware vSphere 4 Performance Troubleshooting Guide
Posted on September 16th, 2009 in Tips, Virtualization, vSphere | No Comments »
I found the white paper been published by Hal Rosenberg from VMware regarding the performance troubleshooting guide on VMware vSphere 4. The document is very details and helpful, and I would like to recommend to everyone as a technical reference which may be helpful for every ESX administrator. You can download the document from here
NFS ISCSI and FC Storage on vSphere
Posted on August 8th, 2009 in Storage, Virtualization, vSphere | 1 Comment »
NFS, ISCSI and FC storage are all supported in VMware vSphere today. As some of the benchmark been done recently showed the performance of ISCSI and NFS had been improved versus ESX version 3.5. In the benchmark report it show that the overhead on NFS and ISCSI were higher VS FC storage. With the latest processors chip from Intel and AMD, I believe the overhead on the CPU will not be the major concern as users are always considering to maximize the usage of the CPU power they have in the physical server.
VMware vSphere 4 Forward
Posted on July 30th, 2009 in Events | No Comments »
Introducing VMware vSphere 4 Forward
The next generation in VMware Virtualization.
VMware leads the industry with innovative technology and an unparalleled virtualization experience.
Come and experience the latest breakthrough in virtualization – VMware vSphere 4.0.
VMware vSphere 4.0 delivers greater efficiency, greater choice and unparalleled control.
Learn how VMware vSphere 4.0 will enable you to:
• Improve availability and uptime for business critical applications
• Reduce capital and operating costs
• Cut server deployment time from weeks to hours to minutes
• Improve consolidation ratios and virtual machine management
• Drive your IT infrastructure agility and business responsiveness
Date: Wednesday, 12th August 2009
Time: 8.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: The Royale Chulan
Tun Sri Lanang 1,
Ground floor,
6, Jalan Conlay,
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Agenda:
Time Topic
8.30am – 9.00am Registration
9.00am – 9.15am Welcome Address
9.15am – 10.30am Virtualization Takes Another Giant Leap – VMware vSphere 4.0
10.30am – 10.45am Refreshment Break
10.45am – 11.20am Embarking on the Virtualization Journey
11.20am – 11.40am IBM – Optimizing Your Infrastructure with Highly Scalable Virtualization
11.40am – 12.00pm DELL – Taking IT Efficiency To Greater Heights with vSphere 4.0
12.00pm – 12.30pm Unlocking the Value of vSphere 4.0
12.30pm End of Session
Cisco Nexus 5000 POC
Posted on July 10th, 2009 in Data Center, Tips, vSphere | 10 Comments »
The past one week have been busy with VMware vSphere 4 and Cisco Nexus 5000 POC and the result is really disappointed. Personally I couldn’t believed and I think I may missed out something. If anyone have any idea or suggestion, please feel free to comment here or post reply at slow Performance with 10 Gb CNA card on vSphere 4 thread.
Benchmark Test Configuration
2 x VMware vSphere 4 hosts
2 x Dell PE2950 Hardware
– Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz
– 16GB RAM
– Qlogic QLE8042 10GbE Mercury Converged Network Adapter(CNA) – connected to PCIe 8x slot
Updated: PERC 6/i version. 6.2.0-0013 & BOIS version. 2.6.1
