VMworld 2013 – Lets talk VMware & Nutanix @ booth #1521
I am excited to be attending VMworld this year for the first time as a Nutanix employee and I am also pleased to be part of the amazing team who will be working the stunning Nutanix booth (#1521). I...
View ArticleScaling problems with traditional shared storage
At VMware vForum Sydney this week I presented “Taking vSphere to the next level with converged infrastructure”. Firstly, I wanted to thank everyone who attended the session, it was a great turnout and...
View ArticlevBrownbag – vForum Sydney 2013 – View Composer for Array Integration (VCAI)
Recently I presented a short vBrownbag on the topic of View Composer for Array Integration (VCAI) with a focus on how VCAI benefits Horizon View environments, Storage Protocol choice for Horizon View...
View ArticleVirtualizing Exchange on vSphere with NFS backed storage?
For many years, customers have been realising the benefits of file based storage from one or more of the many storage vendors offering NFS. NFS makes a ton of sense for virtualization, and virtualizing...
View ArticleWhat does Exchange running in a VMDK on NFS datastore look like to the Guest OS?
In response to the recent community post “Support for Exchange Databases running within VMDKs on NFS datastores” , the co-authors and I have received lots of feedback, of which the vast majority has...
View ArticleCan I use my existing SAN/NAS storage with Nutanix?
I question I get regularly is, “Can I use my existing SAN/NAS storage with Nutanix?”. The short answer is, as always “It depends”. iSCSI, NFS & SMB 3.0 can be presented to Nutanix nodes just like...
View ArticleCost vs Reward for the Nutanix Controller VM (CVM)
I hear a lot of FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) getting thrown around about the Nutanix Controller VM (CVM) being a resource (vCPU/vRAM) hog. So I thought I would address this perceived issue. For...
View ArticleHow to Architect a VSA , Nutanix or VSAN solution for >=N+1 availability.
How to architect a VSA, Nutanix or VSAN solution for the desired level of availability (i.e.: N+1 , N+2 etc) is a question I am asked regularly by customers and contacts throughout the industry. This...
View ArticleIgnore the nonsense on twitter, What does “NoSAN” mean?
Every now and again I see nonsense on twitter which I feel needs to be responded too. The reason I am responding today is to correct mis-information about what Nutanix NoSAN is. Earlier today a...
View ArticleSolving Oracle & SQL Licensing challenges with Nutanix
The Nutanix platform has and will continue to evolve to meet/exceed the ever increasing customer and application requirements while working within constraints such as licensing. Two of the most common...
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