Tag Archives: storage

B.Y.O.P – The Alternative Vblock

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Jon Owings

In college I often would be invited to a get together that could often include the letters BYOB, Bring Your Own Beer. Sometimes a cookout would be BYOM, Bring Your Own Meat (or meat alternative for the vegetarians). So today … Continue reading →

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Adaptive Queuing in ESX

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Jon Owings

While troubleshooting another issue a week or two ago I came across this VMware knowledge base article. Having spent most of the time with other brand arrays in the past, I thought this was a pretty cool solution verses just … Continue reading →

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iSCSI Connections on EqualLogic PS Series

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Jon Owings

Equallogic PS Series Design Considerations VMware vSphere introduces support for multipathing for iSCSI. Equallogic released a recommended configuration for using MPIO with iSCSI.   I have a few observations after working with MPIO and iSCSI. The main lesson is know the … Continue reading →

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New VMware KB – zeroedthick or eagerzeroedthick

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Jon Owings

Due to the performance hit while zeroing mentioned in the Thin Provisioning Performance white paper this article in the VMware knowledge base could be of some good use. I would suggest using eagerzeroedthick for any high IO tier 1 type … Continue reading →

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Storage Design and VDI

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Jon Owings

Recently I have spent time re-thinking certain configuration scenarios and asking myself, “Why?” If there is something I do day to day during installs is this still true when it comes to vSphere? or will it still be true when … Continue reading →

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Using iSCSI to get some big ole disk in a Virtual Machine

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Jon Owings

First, I have lived in the South too long, because I said “Big ole disk” and couldn’t think of a more appropriate phrase. Now someone rescue me if I start to tell you to “mash” the power button on your … Continue reading →

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Storage KB entries from VMware

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Jon Owings

This is the kind of stuff I love to find. Good stuff all in one place. The Storage customer service team identified several of the top KB entries that could help in a pinch. Check them out on the VMware … Continue reading →

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