VMware
Swap To Host Cache – An Important Element Of Memory Over Commitment
With Transparent Page Sharing (TPS) disabled in over-committing memory in VMware environments, the “Swap to Host Cache” feature plays an important role in tackling server consolidation and memory hungry workloads.
February 26, 2015 • 3 min read Data
New Ways to Configure VMware All-Flash VSAN 6.0
There are many advantages to using SSDs for the capacity tier in VSAN, specifically with Enterprise-grade SSDs reaching 4TB and beyond and in VSAN 6.0 one will be able to configure a capacity tier using flash drives directly from vCenter web client UI. However, for those using VSAN 1.0 one needs to configure the SSD […]
February 12, 2015 • 6 min read Data
2M Transactions! All-Flash Virtual SAN Boosts Business Critical Applications
Just Announced: The All-Flash Virtual SAN 6 architecture is an outstanding solution that eliminates high costs, reduces complexity and gives a dramatic boost to performance.
February 2, 2015 • 3 min read Data
A First Look at the Future During VMware Partner Exchange
The VMware Partner Exchange is just around the corner, and the FlashSoft team at SanDisk® is more excited than ever to be at the event February 3 – 5 at Moscone West in San Francisco. At VMworld last year, VMware introduced the vSphere APIs for IO Filtering (VAIO), and as the partner selected to assist […]
January 31, 2015 • 3 min read Data
1200 Virtual Desktops in 3-node All-Flash Virtual SAN (VSAN)
As 2015 approaches, I wanted to conclude my last blog of this year by discussing our latest all-flash Virtual SAN (VSAN) testing. and to share some of our plans for next year for VSAN and other areas of virtualization. Before getting into the results of our latest testing, I want to point to several of […]
December 11, 2014 • 4 min read Data