Enhancing vCenter Capabilities with VMware vCenter Plugins: A Deep Dive
vCenter Server is one of the most powerful tools in VMware’s product portfolio, enabling efficient management of virtualized environments. One of the most used features in vCenter is the vCenter plugin, which extends the capabilities by providing custom features such as 3rd Party system discovery, and provisioning, providing a unified view, allowing administrators to manage vSphere, and 3rd Party systems seamlessly.
File System Testing – A Sneak Peak
File system is one of the most essential components in any storage appliance especially in NAS storage appliances. It plays a significant role in data reduction technologies such as; compression, de-dupe, thin provisioning, data integrity, security, data protection, and many more. Because of this tremendous dependency on….
NFV Landscape – An Overview
Before we move ahead let’s get an understanding about Network Function Virtualization (NFV). What is Network Function Virtualization (NFV)?A basic definition of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) states that it is a type of network architecture that virtualizes different network node functions into building blocks which may
What’s driving DevOps adoption?
Almost a year from now one of the leading research firm mentioned to be a “science project”. Right now it is expected that OpenStack Revenue will cross $3.3 Billion by 2018. A research done by one of the leading IT organization shows that 88% of enterprises either have or expect to adopt DevOps, compared to 66% in a….
Key Strategic Acquisitions for VMware
I was keeping a close watch on VMware even before the inception of Calsoft Inc. It was exciting to watch VMware growing from a young Silicon Valley startup to a formidable force in the enterprise market space. It is still growing at a rapid pace even after its merger with EMC and later will Dell. Forbes positioned VMware ast….
Storage Efficiency Calculators
The storage efficiency calculators enable you to precisely calculate your data footprint while stating how much reduction is possible. These tools give out results of Capacity requirements,…
SDDC: Extending Virtualization Concepts
SDDC is the abbreviation for Software-Defined Data Center. SDDC is a concept wherein eventually all elements – compute, networking and storage systems in the data center will…
SDN Controller Performance Challenges – 2
In a typical data center, approx. 100k per second is the median flow arrival rate. And worst case estimates are 10M flow arrivals per second. With the…
2014: Top Storage Technology Advancements to Watch Out
We hand-picked top storage technologies that are ready to take their place and have an impact on your data center in 2014. Flash Storage: Now a Mainstream. The…
Open vSwitch – A Quick read.
By definition, Open vSwitch is open-source virtual switch software designed for virtual servers. It is a production quality, multilayer virtual switch licensed under the open source Apache…