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Everything you need to know about VMware vSphere 5 storage
Learn about all of the new, and improved, VMware vSphere 5 storage functions and how to manage the upgraded product features. guide
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Virtual server storage: Choosing between Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NAS
Knowing the best virtual server storage option for your data center can be a challenge. Learn the pros and cons of Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NAS. Feature
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Implementing block virtualization to virtualize storage
In this four-part series by contributor Eric Slack, learn about implementing block virtualization to virtualize storage in your data center. guide
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VDI storage system options include flash appliances, bundled stacks
Traditional and upstart storage vendors are racing to solve VDI storage issues with solid-state appliances and storage-compute bundles designed to relieve I/O bottlenecks. Feature
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SolarWinds Inc. Storage Manager 5.0.1
SolarWinds Storage Manager 5.0.1 monitors storage and virtualization systems, identifies performance bottlenecks and reports on storage performance across the infrastructure. 2011 Products of the Year
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Nutanix Complete Cluster
The Nutanix Complete Cluster is scale-out storage that integrates compute, networking and hypervisors with storage. The system supports live VM migration and high availability. 2011 Products of the Year
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NetApp Inc. OnCommand Insight Balance
NetApp OnCommand Insight Balance collects performance-related data, models app and component behaviors, and analyzes the app-to-storage route for performance bottlenecks. 2011 Products of the Year
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2011 Products of the Year finalists
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2011 top tips: Storage for a virtual environment
We’ve collected our top five virtualization tips of 2011. Read our advice on server virtualization, desktop virtualization, disaster recovery, data backup and more. guide
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Virtual desktop software aims to help storage VDI performance
Virtual desktop software applications can help reduce storage headaches when planning and implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Feature
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Atlantis Computing unveils Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI 3.2; more news
In virtual storage news, Atlantis launches ILIO Diskless VDI 3.2, and Tiger Technology releases storage clustering software cluStore. News | 22 May 2012
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Virtual WAN optimization proves less taxing on firm’s VDI environment
Silver Peak’s virtual WAN optimization appliance helps keep VDI environment in SurePrep’s global service centers well refreshed during tax season. News | 21 May 2012
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Virsto software adds support for XenDesktop VDI environments
Seeing its technology as a good fit for solving VDI storage woes, Virsto Software extends its support to Citrix Systems’ XenDesktop VDI environments. News | 11 May 2012
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Storage benchmark, planning tools for VDI can help alleviate cost overruns
VDI storage benchmarking and planning tools can give administrators a better idea of their storage requirements and costs before beginning a virtual desktop project. News | 03 Apr 2012
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Tintri virtual machine storage appliance supports VAAI
Tintri’s virtual machine storage platform gets VAAI support and improved virtual machine cloning capabilities. News | 03 Apr 2012
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Nutanix Complete Cluster storage appliance helps insurance firm clear VDI performance obstacle
Concerns about VDI performance and price led insurance brokerage DeWitt Stern to add a Nutanix Complete Cluster storage appliance instead of an existing SAN. News | 28 Mar 2012
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EMC ProSphere SRM software gets beefed-up capacity management
With ProSphere 1.5, EMC adds capacity management with improved monitoring and reporting to its storage resource management tool. News | 13 Mar 2012
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Virsto sets sites on improving VMware storage performance
Virsto launches Virsto for vSphere to improve VMware storage performance, two years after it launched with a similar product for Micrsoft Hyper-V. News | 16 Jan 2012
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Atlantis ILIO Diskless boots VDI faster, reduces VDI storage
Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI software can speed boot times but doesn’t completely eliminate the need for VDI storage. News | 16 Jan 2012
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NexGen emerges with virtual machine storage system with QoS twist
NexGen Storage launches n5 virtual machine storage system, which uses flash, hard drives and RAM and lets admins set quality-of-service tiers based on IOPS. News | 08 Nov 2011
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vSphere file systems: VMFS 5 plus VMFS vs. NFS
Learn what makes VMFS unique among file systems, what VMFS 5 brings to the table and how to configure it. Plus, get info on VMFS vs. NFS. Tip
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Addressing VDI challenges with a WAN optimizer
Find out how to use a WAN optimizer to address VDI challenges, including details on WAN optimization techniques and vendors, such as F5, Riverbed, Citrix and Silver Peak. Tip
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Step by step: Implementing Profile-Driven Storage in vSphere 5
The process of implementing Profile-Driven Storage in vSphere 5 is not intuitive. Find out how it can ease your storage management chores, and then follow these step-by-step instructions to deploy. Tip
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Configuring SSD storage for virtual desktops
Learn what value can be gained from combining SSD storage with virtual desktop infrastructures in this tip from Mark Peters. Tip
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Virtual storage appliances drill-down: Optimizing VSAs
Read about one type of virtual storage appliance, the optimizing VSA, which improve the performance of storage access either via large caching mechanisms or via customized file systems. Tip
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VMware’s vSCSI filter: What it does and how it works
Find out how VMware’s vSCSI filter tool operates upon iSCSI data to handle data loss prevention as well as to offload replication tasks from the host and save money on replication. Tip
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vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness improve view into arrays in VMware environments
The new vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA) improve visibility into storage arrays that support VMware environments. In this tip, find out how VASA can help admins better manage storage. Tip
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Virtual storage appliance market: Categories, capabilities
A virtual storage appliance (VSA) enables shared storage without dedicated storage hardware. Learn about the four loose categories of VSA as well as the capabilities of each category. Tip
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Server virtualization storage performance metrics: Which ones matter?
Get advice on which storage performance metrics you should pay attention to when monitoring and assessing your server virtualization storage environment. Tip
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vSphere 5’s Storage DRS and storage profile function deliver control over storage resources
New to vSphere 5, Storage DRS load balances VMs based on I/O and capacity, and Profile-Driven Storage ensures that VMs are stored on devices that have specific characteristics. Tip
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Is SAN maintenance easier with virtualised servers than in a physical server setup?
Find out how SAN maintenance differs in a virtual server environment compared with a traditional, physical server environment. Answer
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Using RAID 1 and RAID 5 in a virtual server environment
We tell you the pros and cons of using RAID 1 and RAID 5 for your OS and applications in a virtual server environment. Data protection and recovery are factors to consider. Ask the Expert
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The server consolidation challenge, part 1
Ask the Expert
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FlexPod
FlexPod is a reference architecture for server, storage and networking components that are pretested and validated to work together as an infrastructure stack. Definition
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Storage vMotion
Storage vMotion is a component of VMware vSphere that allows the live migration of a running virtual machine’s file system from one storage system to another with no downtime. Definition
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raw device mapping (RDM)
Raw device mapping (RDM) is an option in the VMware server virtualization environment that enables a storage LUN to be directly connected to a virtual machine from the SAN. Definition
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vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA)
vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA) is a set of application program interfaces (APIs), released with VMware’s vSphere 5, that enables vSphere vCenter to recognize the capabilities of storage arrays that support the API. Definition
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Profile-Driven Storage
Profile-Driven Storage is a feature in vSphere 5 that lets users to intelligently provision applications, mapping VMs to storage levels according to service levels, availability, performance needs or cost. Definition
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Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) is a feature of VMware’s vSphere that enables intelligent virtual machine (VM) initial placement and load balancing based on storage I/O and capacity within a cluster. Definition
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vStorage API for Multipathing (VAMP)
vStorage API for Multipathing (VAMP) is a set of application program interfaces (APIs) from VMware that help to control I/O path selection in a host to storage devices. Definition
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vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)
vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) is an application program interface (API) framework from VMware that enables certain storage tasks, such as thin provisioning, to be offloaded from the VMware server virtualization hardware to the storage arr... Definition
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vStorage API
A vStorage API is an application program interface (API) from VMware that enables third-party storage and backup vendors to integrate their products with VMware’s vSphere server virtualization platform. Definition
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Fibre Channel port names
Fibre Channel port names Definition
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"VMware Ready": Understanding what VMware-certified hardware designation means
Expert Mike Laverick explains the concept of VMware Ready so listeners can gain a better understanding of what VMware-certified hardware means. Podcast
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SSD for laptops and desktop computers: What type and how to install it
Adding SSD to laptop and desktop computers: What form factor, MLC or SLC, SATA or AHCI, and what are the key stages of installation? We answer your questions in this podcast. Podcast
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vSphere 5 storage: New storage management functionality, vSphere Storage Appliance
In this interview, find out more about new vSphere 5 storage features and how they compare to vSphere 4’s, how the new vSphere Storage Appliance works, and the latest on vStorage APIs. Podcast
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Storage challenges in virtualized server environments
In this podcast, find out how to overcome storage challenges in a virtual server environment with storage management best practices. Podcast
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Managing storage in a Citrix environment
In this podcast, find out how Citrix XenServer storage management functionality compares with that of VMware and Hyper-V environments. Podcast
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Primary storage deduplication helps with VMs and virtual desktops
Primary storage deduplication can supply dramatic results with server virtual machine images and hosted virtual desktops, but can lead to lock-in. Podcast
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VMware storage performance analysis
In this podcast interview, Mike Laverick discusses how storage performance analysis is handled in a VMware environment, the pros and cons of its implementation in VMware, and more. Podcast
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Hyper-V storage: Managing storage for a Hyper-V environment
In this podcast interview, Dennis Martin discusses Hyper-V storage best practices and tools and techniques to support and improve storage management in a Hyper-V environment. Podcast
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PCI Express extender approach to I/O virtualization
In this podcast interview, George Crump discusses PCIe-based I/O virtualization, its benefits to users, key vendors in the PCIe bus extenders space and more. Podcast
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Using NFS to support a virtual server environment
In this podcast interview, Eric Siebert discusses the pros and cons of using NFS to support a virtual server environment. Learn how to set up NFS to get the best performance from it, and more. Podcast
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vSphere file systems: VMFS 5 plus VMFS vs. NFS
Learn what makes VMFS unique among file systems, what VMFS 5 brings to the table and how to configure it. Plus, get info on VMFS vs. NFS. Tip
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Atlantis Computing unveils Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI 3.2; more news
In virtual storage news, Atlantis launches ILIO Diskless VDI 3.2, and Tiger Technology releases storage clustering software cluStore. News
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Virtual WAN optimization proves less taxing on firm’s VDI environment
Silver Peak’s virtual WAN optimization appliance helps keep VDI environment in SurePrep’s global service centers well refreshed during tax season. News
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"VMware Ready": Understanding what VMware-certified hardware designation means
Expert Mike Laverick explains the concept of VMware Ready so listeners can gain a better understanding of what VMware-certified hardware means. Podcast
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Virsto software adds support for XenDesktop VDI environments
Seeing its technology as a good fit for solving VDI storage woes, Virsto Software extends its support to Citrix Systems’ XenDesktop VDI environments. News
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SSD for laptops and desktop computers: What type and how to install it
Adding SSD to laptop and desktop computers: What form factor, MLC or SLC, SATA or AHCI, and what are the key stages of installation? We answer your questions in this podcast. Podcast
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Everything you need to know about VMware vSphere 5 storage
Learn about all of the new, and improved, VMware vSphere 5 storage functions and how to manage the upgraded product features. guide
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vSphere 5 storage: New storage management functionality, vSphere Storage Appliance
In this interview, find out more about new vSphere 5 storage features and how they compare to vSphere 4’s, how the new vSphere Storage Appliance works, and the latest on vStorage APIs. Podcast
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Addressing VDI challenges with a WAN optimizer
Find out how to use a WAN optimizer to address VDI challenges, including details on WAN optimization techniques and vendors, such as F5, Riverbed, Citrix and Silver Peak. Tip
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Virtual server storage: Choosing between Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NAS
Knowing the best virtual server storage option for your data center can be a challenge. Learn the pros and cons of Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NAS. Feature
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