vSphere 6.0 – Feature List

The amazing VMware vSphere 6.0 has just been announced and will be released in March 2015!  Michael Webster wrote a great article about the significance of vSphere 6.0 that is worth reading.  This a “brain-dump” of the impressive new features and improvements:

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PhD. in Architecture Design?

I listened to a recent Nutanix .NEXT Community Podcast (Episode #6) that had Mark Brunstad talking about the education and certification plans of Nutanix.  Very interesting, it confirms a speculative post I wrote last year after VMworld US 2014 based upon rumours I heard around the Blogger’s Area.  There is also Steve Kaplan’s blog post that alludes to this.

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VCDX – Recoverability impacting Availability Explained

I have mentored quite a few VCDX candidates over the past year and the biggest weakness I see (and I was no different) is how Recoverability impacts Availability.  In particular, the relationship of SLAs to BC/DR and Backup/Recovery.

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Private Cloud – SDDC 1.0

You may have read my recent Next-Generation Data Center post, that summarised the Conceptual Model and Logical Design of my ideal Private Cloud solution.  This post describes the current vendors that are the leaders of their respective markets and I believe they have a compelling integration story with the highest chance of success.  The back-bone of the strategy relies upon VMware, who in my opinion are the current leaders of SDDC for technology, professional services, training and support.

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