服务器虚拟化发展得如火如荼，这里面的一个重要组件——Hypervisor，也就是虚拟化层。虚拟化层里面包含的虚拟机监控器(Virtual Machine Monitor,VMM)，是负责管理所有虚拟机的软件。虚拟化层就是hypervisor直接运行在硬件上，因此，Hypervisor的功能极大地取决于虚拟化 ...

服务器虚拟化发展得如火如荼，这里面的一个重要组件——Hypervisor，也就是虚拟化层。虚拟化层里面包含的虚拟机监控器(Virtual Machine Monitor,VMM)，是负责管理所有虚拟机的软件。虚拟化层就是hypervisor直接运行在硬件上，因此，Hypervisor的功能极大地取决于虚拟化 ...

Rick Vanover covers three of the major changes coming in vSphere 5, including VMFS 5, the new sub-block algorithm allocation, and support for sizes up to 64 TB. VMware has announced vSphere 5. A ...

VMware has added three new white papers to the resource list that covers VMFS management, virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server, and learning more about VMware View Composer Whether you’re just starting ...

VMware ESX 3.0 及更高版本支持为虚拟机磁盘 (VMDK) 存储使用多种协议选项： 选择协议时主要考虑以下事项 ：最大吞吐量、每个协议上发生的 VMDK 行为以及重用现有的存储基础架构相对于采购新存储基础架构的成本。 存储协议的吞吐量 基于存储协议的每台主机的 ...

If VMware is of any interest to you, you’ve probably been consumed with the vSphere 5.0 licensing changes, both the ones announced during the product’s initial launch and those revealed later, after ...

In a prior post, I mentioned that vStorage VMFS is one of my favorite elements of a VMware-based virtualization solution. With vSphere, the good news is that no ...

For VMware VI3 and vSphere environments, there is no clear guidance on how storage should be sized. We do have one firm piece of information, and that is the configuration maximums document. For both ...

With vsphere 4 we were recommended to keep our vmfs volumes at around 500GB for manageability, easier backups and less data to lose if there is a vmfs corruption. Now with vsphere 5, I understand ...

We're in the process of designing and implementing a VMware Infrastructure and are looking at these two vendors as our final choices. We like Compellent because it seems easier to manage with per VM ...