by Rawlinson | Nov 21, 2016 | Virtual SAN, Virtual Volumes
A couple of weeks ago I delivered a brief webcast presentation on Storage Policy-Based Management and its use across mixed vSphere storage environments. This has been one of my favorite topics for a couple of years. I have spent a lot of time developing guidelines for...
by Rawlinson | Nov 14, 2016 | Cool Stuff!, Virtual Volumes
With the release of vSphere 6.5, I have noticed a renewed interested in the adoption of Virtual Volumes. One of the top topics of discussion with customers has been the VASA Provider and the way in which storage vendors are providing it as part of their Virtual...
by Rawlinson | Jun 2, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Cool Stuff!, Virtual Volumes
Since the onset of Virtual Volumes the goal has been for storage providers to bring to life capabilities, automation and an evolution of storage consumption. Now it’s time for VVols Done Right. Today during the company’s analyst day event, SolidFire...
by Rawlinson | Apr 28, 2015 | Cool Stuff!, Storage, Virtual Volumes
Hot off of the press: New vSphere Virtual Volumes Getting Started Guide white paper. This new paper provides a summarized description and overview of vSphere Virtual Volumes and its components and how to configure them. These are the main topics that are covered:...
by Rawlinson | Apr 14, 2015 | Cool Stuff!, Storage, Virtual SAN, Virtual Volumes, Virtualization, VMware
Automation technologies are a fundamental dependency to all aspects of the Software-Defined Data center. The use of automation technologies not only increases the overall productivity of the software-defined data center, but it can also accelerate the adoption of...
by Rawlinson | Apr 8, 2015 | Storage, Virtual Volumes, VMware
On Wednesday April 15 Hitachi is hosting a one hour technical webinar event to discuss how Hitachi Storage for VMware Virtual Volumes can bring customers on a reliable enterprise journey to a software-defined, policy-controlled data center. The webinar covers more...
