Slacking Away on vSAN
Have been getting a lot of questions around slack space in recent times and how it affects sizing. Some competitors have taken advantage of the confusion and started classifying it as "overheads" to operate vSAN, and putting us down for it.
New vSAN 6.7 Demo Clips
I was helping the team prepare some clips this week for a workshop we were doing in the office. Thought it would be a good idea to share it on YouTube for those who may be interested in the new workflow on the HTML5 Clarity UI for vSAN.
vSAN Stretched Doesn't Always Mean 2x the Capacity
I get questions every now and then around sizing capacity requirements for vSAN Stretched Clusters. Many have written extensively around how much capacity is required. Time to clear some myths!
First Look : Installing / Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.7
I'm sure everyone is aware of the recent vSphere 6.7 launch a couple of days back. It is literally plastered all over social media (at least on my news feed). I have put together a few screenshots of the new installation/upgrade process for vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.7, for those who are interested.
HCI Scares Us... The Storage Admins
What scares us storage admins most about hyper-converged infrastructure? Is it all unfounded?
I have always been a massive fan of PDAs and have used generations of Palm Pilots from the Palm iiiC to the Palm V and the Tungsten series. Even tried the Handspring platform that tried to disrupt the market then.
How Long Does It Take To Recover From vSAN Drive or Node Failures?
It is perhaps a valid question to ask any storage vendor "How long before storage comes back to normal status after failure?" Most vendor's claim such high availability on their solutions, so surely this is something that we have all got nailed down. However, it is an extremely difficult question to answer, influenced by various factors.