

vSAN Benchmarking on Consumer Grade Kit
I often get questions around performance with regards to vSAN. It is not an easy thing to quantify unfortunately because of the variables involved. Servers, disks, IO controllers, networks and not to mention, continuous improvements in software.

New SuperMicro SYS-E200-8D Lab Gear!
Got myself some new lab kit while I was in Palo Alto a couple of weeks ago. Decided perhaps its time to up the ante onto some decent, pseudo “Enterprise” gear for lab use.