VMware vSAN Data Protection in ESA 8.0 U3 – deep snapshots, protection groups and more
What’s New in VMware vSAN ESA 8.0 U3: Deep Snapshots & More
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Closed for Maintenance: Things You Should Know About Maintenance Mode
Admins shut down their hosts for servicing from time to time. After closing for maintenance one node, vSAN cluster resources are to be re-distributed, and here Maintenance Mode comes into play. Today, I’d like to discuss the whole idea of maintenance mode and its options.
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How to build a home lab using your PC? Setting up VMware vSAN on nested ESXi hosts
Hi, guys, I finally managed to finish an article on deploying VMware vSAN on the nested ESXi hosts. Some had difficulties with setting up the networking for this scenario, so here’s a guide on this matter from me!
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VMware Announces new multi-topology vSAN Max Storage Architecture
Dive into VMware’s vSAN Max Storage Architecture. VMware unveils vSAN Max Storage Architecture with the latest vSAN 8 Update 2!
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VMware vSAN 8.0 Express Storage Architecture (ESA) Efficiency and Performance
vSphere 8 introduces VMware vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA), focused on efficiency, performance, and less CPU usage. The new configuration has been optimized for NVMe-based TLC flash devices, abandoning cache layers and disk groups. VMware will privilege the deployments of vSAN as ESA, moving forward.
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VMware vSAN Cluster Rebalancing: Automatic & Proactive
VMware vSAN clusters are typically aggregates of several ESXi hosts. Local disks with VM data are divided into groups there. It’s preferable that each disk’s load variance doesn’t reach 30%. If it does, there are two options: Automatic and Proactive rebalancing. Each of them has its own pros and cons; you decide which to choose.
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Testing VMware VSAN cluster performance with HCIBench: How you do that?
It is not enough to build a functioning hyperconverged infrastructure because any IT environment needs to be constantly in check. Testing cluster performance is a necessity that requires the most serious approach. Hot news for VMware vSAN users is that they do not have to spend all that time and effort anymore since this efficient utility allows automating testing process carried out with such benchmark tools as VDbench or Fio.
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