Today I completed the initial performance testing of my EMC XtremIO PoC system. I wanted to take a shot at it myself before the EMC SMEs come in to tune and optimise the configuration. In a single word, “Wow!” This is the first time I have witnessed 400,000 IOPS in any kind of enterprise lab. I look forward to seeing what additional tricks the experts can make my “X-bricks” perform. Continue reading EMC XtremIO – Performance Testing
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EMC XtremIO – Provisioning a LUN
This post covers how to provision a LUN for vSphere on an EMC XtremIO brick. Compared to provisioning the same on an EMC Symmetrix VMAX, it is very, very simple. Continue reading EMC XtremIO – Provisioning a LUN
EMC Symmetrix VMAX – Provisioning a LUN
This post covers how to provision a LUN (less than 239GB) for vSphere on an EMC Symmetrix VMAX using the Unisphere for VMAX GUI. The basic architecture of the VMAX is covered here. If you want to build LUNs greater than 238GB, you follow the same procedure, but with the additional step of creating a “Meta Volume” (multiple TDEVs bound to a single logical volume). Continue reading EMC Symmetrix VMAX – Provisioning a LUN
vCenter 5.5 Upgrade with Windows Server 2012 R2 – Part 8 – Upgrading and Integrating vCM
This is part 8 of the vCenter 5.1 to 5.5 Update 1c upgrade, detailing the upgrade and re-integration of vCenter Configuration Manager.
vCenter 5.5 Upgrade with Windows Server 2012 R2 – Part 10 – Upgrading and Integrating CBM
This is part 10 of the vCenter 5.1 to 5.5 Update 1c upgrade, detailing the upgrade and re-integration of vCenter Chargeback Manger.
Cisco UCS Configuration Guide for vSphere – Part 4 – SAN
This is part 4 of the Cisco UCS Configuration Guide, covering the creation of Cisco UCS SAN policies.
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Stale Local VMUG?
The current leader of my local VMUG really needs to step down. I thank him for his service, but the time has come for some new blood. His idea of a successful VMUG is bring in the sponsor, let them speak for 2 hours, have VMware provide an hour of product updates, eat dinner – WINNER! In addition, he is not willing to contact vendors to get sponsorship, he relies upon one of the local VMware employees to do that for him, which results in only one meeting per year. Not cool at all.
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