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Vitalii Feshchenko
  • Vitalii Feshchenko
  • September 12, 2023

Testing NFS vs iSCSI performance. Part 1: Configuring NFS

In the world of virtualization infrastructure, NFS and iSCSI are the contenders. NFS brings simplicity and scalability to the table, while iSCSI boasts performance and reliability. Which one suits your mission-critical applications? Let’s find out!
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • September 5, 2023

VMware innovations in the automation of VMware vSphere virtual infrastructure in 2023

VMware is taking a massive leap in refining its automation frameworks for virtual infrastructure operations. They’re introducing VI/JSON protocol, improving APIs, making PowerCLI cross-platform, and enhancing SDKs.
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Oleg Onischuk
  • Oleg Onischuk
  • July 13, 2023

How to Replace Your Default ESXi SSL Certificate With a Self-Signed Certificate: a 101 Introduction

Everybody knows that SSL certificates are a must-have for every safe network. However, anybody who has ever worked with ESXi hosts has sometimes had to deal with untrusted certificates, which can become quite tedious. Fortunately, there is a sure fix.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • July 6, 2023

VMware products and devices based on the ARM architecture

Thanks to MacBooks, ARM architecture is soon to become a part of everyday life everywhere, from regular users to corporate infrastructures. However, Apple isn’t the only one making progress in adopting this technology.
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Oleg Pankevych
  • Oleg Pankevych
  • June 20, 2023

ESXi is free… So why would you buy an ESXi anyway?

Most admins know that VMware offers Free and Evaluation versions of their hypervisor. However, there are still some nuances that explain why people would actually buy ESXi.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • April 4, 2023

How to upgrade older versions of vSphere to the latest vSphere 8.0 the right way

There are a few things to know about upgrading from vSphere 6.5 and older versions to the latest one.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • March 23, 2023

Use cases for Raw Device Mapping (RDM), Persistent Memory (PMem), Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) and NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF)

Everything depends on your organization’s needs and goals. VMware, like other big virtualization vendors, supports a multitude of popular and proprietary technologies related to storage performance. It can be quite confusing which one to choose when, so we’ve prepared a succinct blog post for you to follow to optimize your IT infrastructure.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • February 28, 2023

How to Identify where VMware ESXi is installed – on USB, SD, HD or PXE

Sometimes, especially in a new environment, you may need to quickly find out where your ESXi hypervisor is installed. Whether it’s on a USB stick, SD card, local disk, or booting over the network via PXY, there are a few methods to identify the location correctly.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • October 11, 2022

VMware Virtual Hardware 20 details in vSphere 8

vSphere 8 brings an abundance of cool new features. Among them, VMware Virtual Hardware Version 20 is even more efficient: newer CPU cores support, more VM count, ESXi instance on Smart NICs, higher VM density, up to 8 vGPU devices support, aware migration, NUMA nodes exposed in vSphere Client, and many many more!
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