In a VMware environment, there are three different storage layers that abstract physical disk from the storage up to the virtual machines (imagines are taken from a ESX 3 whitepaper, Recommendations for Aligning VMFS Partitions): Every layer oganizes informations following its own logics, and many times these are not aligned with…
Author: Luca Dell'Oca
Luca Dell’Oca, 2011/2012/2013 VMware vExpert,works in IT since 2000.
Since 2006, he’s working as a virtualization consultant and architect, specialized in the design and management of VMware infrastructures.
He is also a co-founder and board member of the Italian VMware User Group, and author of the blog www.virtualtothecore.com, where he regularly publishes articles on everything related to virtualization.
[IT] L’allineamento delle VM, problemi e soluzioni
In una struttura VMware, esistono tre differenti livelli di storage che astraggono i dischi fisici dello storage su su fino alla virtual machines (le immagini sono prese da un whitepaper per ESX 3, Recommendations for Aligning VMFS Partitions): Ogni livello organizza le informazioni secondo le proprie logiche, e non sempre queste…
[EN] Building a Low Cost SAN with StarWind 5.7
Received and posted as is: Live webinar on Wednesday, November 9 3:00 PM GMT / 10:00 AM EDT Join Anatoly Vilchinsky as he demonstrates simple step-by-step instructions for building your own SAN or centralized, networked storage by using standard off-the-shelf x86 hardware or even a repurposed server running…
[EN] #Veeam Backup & Replication 6 preview: Advanced Replication
Second article about the new features of Veeam Backup & Replication 6, today we talk about Advanced Replication. Replication has been always one of the strenght point of Veeam, even if sometimes underestimated. Using inexpensive standby hosts, delta syncs and usage of dissimilar storage (has also VMware did in SRM…
[IT] #Veeam Backup & Replication 6 preview: Replica Avanzata
Secondo articolo sulle novità di Veeam Backup & Replication 6, quest’oggi parliamo di Replica Avanzata. La replica è stata da sempre uno dei punti di forza, anche se spesso sottovalutato, della soluzione Veeam. Potendo sfruttare degli hosts di piccola capacità in standby, la replica unicamente delle differenze e la possibilità…
[IT] Prosegue il sondaggio sui backup per VMware
In occasione dello scorso VMUG Meeting del 5 Ottobre 2011 abbiamo lanciato un piccolo sondaggio, dedicato al mercato italiano di VMware, per capire lo stato dei backup che vengono fatti su questa infrastruttura. Non sono presenti domande su vendor specifici, solo un questionario generico per permettere a tutti di avere…
VMware View and Microsoft VDA
I found this post on the VMware community I would like to share with you: Here is the question we posed to Alexander R. Vasilakos, West Region Lead, Telephone Partner Account Manager (TPAM) Microsoft Corporation powered by Tech Data: “I do not own a Microsoft OS license. I have a…
VMware View e Microsoft VDA
Ho trovato questo post sulla community VMware che vorrei condividere con voi: Here is the question we posed to Alexander R. Vasilakos, West Region Lead, Telephone Partner Account Manager (TPAM) Microsoft Corporation powered by Tech Data: “I do not own a Microsoft OS license. I have a laptop running Linux….