The VMWare Cluster Locking File System, version 3 (VMFS-3) Is one of the core technologies used in VMWare ESX/vSphere 4 virtual infrastructure environments. Unfortunately, it's also a completely ...

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 ...

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 ...

使用基于NFS的NAS设备来部署VMvare虚拟服务器越来越广泛的被大众所接受，像有些公司提供的基于NFS的NAS网关几乎是为VMware虚拟服务器量身定制的，因为这些实例都是以文件的形式存储的，叫做VMDK，NAS是存储文件最好的选择。不仅仅是它的易用性和更低的VM部署 ...

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 ...

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 storage entails more than simply mapping a logical unit number (LUN) to a physical server. VMware’s vSphere enables system administrators to create multiple virtual servers on a single physical ...

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 ...

Today we had a discussion with a storage admin who is advocating for NFS. This is for an environment of about 3000 VMs running on UCS with primarily VMFS storage. Neither is better. If you have a ...