Post Tagged with: "ESXi"
How to enable iSCSI and Jumbo Frames on VMware ESX/ESXi
I am redoing my lab at home (more on that in coming weeks) and wanted to test out jumbo frames support in vmware esxi with my iSCSI NAS device. This article by vmware provides information related to setting up a NAS (Network Attached Storage) and an iSCSI environment with Jumbo Frames. Note: Jumbo Frames on [...]
Next Generation PCI Express Z-Drive R5 Solid State Solution to Debut at Storage Visions 2012
OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, and Marvell, a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, today unveiled the industry’s fastest and most versatile PCI Express (PCIe) storage system, the Z-Drive R5. The increased performance, reliability, and endurance of the Z-Drive R5 is designed to [...]
Compact Tower Server by NextComputing Provides High Performance in a Small Package
NextComputing, manufacturer of small form-factor servers and workstations, announces the Nucleus Server, the newest member of its Nucleus family of compact computers. The Nucleus Server is a small pedestal server optimized for full-scale server deployments that require a mix of virtualization, high-speed networking, and enterprise-level storage. Unlike traditional servers, the Nucleus Server takes up only [...]
VMware vSphere ESXi Migration Flowchart
With release of vSphere ESXi 5, its end of the road for ESX hypervisor (last version was 4.1 for ESX). Follow link below for ESXi migration flowchart. Rick Vanover lists precise details about ESX migration to ESXi and what steps to take for a proper migration. Be sure to download the zip file below and [...]
vSphere PowerCLI: Creating and Managing Aliases
Are you using PowerCLI to automate or perform daily administrative tasks in your virtual infrastructure? VMware vSphere PowerCLI is snapin module for Microsoft PowerShell command-shell and scripting language which you often see installed on latest Microsoft Operating Systems. PowerCLI comes with powerful feature to create and manage aliases for built-in cmdlets for creating and managing [...]
FlashSoft Introduces Application Acceleration Solution for VMware vSphere 5
FlashSoft SE-V Applies Enterprise Flash To Accelerate Application Performance in Virtual Machine Environments Based on VMware vSphere 5 FlashSoft Corporation, the Flash Virtualization Company, today announced the immediate commercial availability of FlashSoft SE-V, the company’s solution for accelerating application performance on Windows Server in virtual machine environments based on VMware vSphere 5. The new solution [...]
Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 5.0
Vmware has relased Performance Best Practices for vSphere 5 and its available by clicking the download link below this short summary. This is a book designed to help system administrators obtain the best performance from vSphere deployments. VMware addressed many of the new features in vSphere 5.0 from a performance perspective. These include: Storage Distributed [...]
How to Upgrade from ESX/ESXi 4.1 to ESX/ESXi 4.1 Update 1
Its been almost 3 months since VMware released an update for its vSphere 4 product. I’ve began upgrading my lab and clients and wanted to share this little how to guide to help you upgrade as well. So let us begin and prepare the host for an upgrade: vMotion all virtual machines from the host [...]


