Supermicro Highlights Server Platforms for VMware vSphere 6, Virtual SAN 6 at PEX 2015

Supermicro Ultra, TwinPro, FatTwin Server hardware platforms

Super Micro Computer, a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing will highlight its broad range of server, storage and networking platforms optimized for hyper-converged infrastructure at VMware Partner Exchange 2015 this week in San Francisco, CA. New solutions are configured to take maximum advantage of VMware vSphere 6 and VMware… Continue reading Supermicro Highlights Server Platforms for VMware vSphere 6, Virtual SAN 6 at PEX 2015

SanDisk Showcases All-Flash VMware Virtual SAN 6 Architecture at VMware PEX 2015

SanDisk's new Virtual SAN 6 architecture leverages SanDisk Lightning® Gen. II 12Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SSDs and CloudSpeed SATA SSDs to provide the cache and persistent storage tiers required for highly-reliable, enterprise-class application performance.

SanDisk announced support for an all-flash VMware Virtual SAN 6 architecture for business-critical applications and databases. Deployed at entry-level as a 4-node cluster that can scale up to a total of 64 nodes, the new server design empowers vital enterprise business applications, such as database transaction processing and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) applications, to perform… Continue reading SanDisk Showcases All-Flash VMware Virtual SAN 6 Architecture at VMware PEX 2015

Introducing VMware vSphere 6 – The Foundation for Hybrid Cloud

VMware, Inc. today announced VMware vSphere 6, the newest edition of the industry-defining virtualization solution for the hybrid cloud and foundation for the software-defined data center. With more than 650 new features and innovations, VMware vSphere 6 will provide customers with a highly available, resilient, on-demand cloud infrastructure to run, protect and manage any application.… Continue reading Introducing VMware vSphere 6 – The Foundation for Hybrid Cloud

vNEST: Home Lab Upgrade, enter the vSAN!

Dell C6105 Cloud Server

Ever since VMware introduced VSAN, I’ve been anxious to test it out, deploy it in my lab and see what it does and how it functions. Few months ago one of my Dell Poweredge 1950 GenIII server died so I was considering upgrading my home virtualization lab anyway… if you are like me, we just need… Continue reading vNEST: Home Lab Upgrade, enter the vSAN!

Datacore Showcases ‘No Limits’ Virtual SAN and the Business Value of Software-Defined Storage

VMworld US 2014 DataCore, a leader in software-defined storage, will be showcasing its new ‘any hypervisor, any storage’ Virtual SAN capabilities and SANsymphony-V10, the latest version of its comprehensive storage services platform at VMworld 2014. During the show, DataCore will present solutions to resolve the growing ‘data islands’ problem and address the disruptive impacts that… Continue reading Datacore Showcases ‘No Limits’ Virtual SAN and the Business Value of Software-Defined Storage

SanDisk Introduces New Solutions for VMware Horizon 6 and Virtual SAN at VMworld 2014

VMworld US 2014 SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), a global leader in flash storage solutions, today announced broad support for VMware® Horizon 6 and Virtual SAN™ with a series of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and end-user computing (EUC) solutions for Horizon 6, utilizing the award-winning ULLtraDIMM™ solid state drive (SSD) and Fusion ioMemory. When coupled with VMware’s… Continue reading SanDisk Introduces New Solutions for VMware Horizon 6 and Virtual SAN at VMworld 2014

Nexenta Delivers Most Advanced Software-Defined Storage Solutions at VMworld 2014

VMworld US 2014 Nexenta, the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (SDS) (#softwaredefinedstorage), today announced new updates to its NexentaConnect and NexentaStor solutions. The latest addition to the NexentaConnect family, NexentaConnect for VMware® Virtual SAN™, adds full-featured SMB and NFS file services to VMware’s Virtual SAN offering. NexentaConnect for VMware Horizon is also updated and improves… Continue reading Nexenta Delivers Most Advanced Software-Defined Storage Solutions at VMworld 2014