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VMware changes EVO:RAIL licensing but still gets it all wrong
My view on EVO:RAIL has always been that it is a nice piece of technology, but it is way too expensive with a deeply flawed licensing model (more thoughts at VMware EVO:RAIL or VSAN – which makes the...
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A summary of all things VMware at SNS
This page will help you to keep up to date with all the latest news from VMware – it is regularly updated and includes all of our key VMware related Blog Posts, Videos and Technical Seminar details....
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Are VMware VSAN, VVOLs and EVO:RAIL Software-Defined Storage and does it...
Most IT vendors like to jump on the “latest bandwagon” to showcase their solutions, they then use key IT buzzwords to highlight their product as being cutting-edge. One of the most prevalent in today’s...
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Vendor Comparisons Blog Portal
This page will help you to keep up to date with all the latest vendor comparison information from SNS – it is regularly updated and includes all of our key Blog Posts, Videos and Technical Seminar...
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Enabling 24×7 Continuous Availability with a vSphere Metro Storage Cluster
VMware has done a great job of maximising the up time of applications with technologies such as vMotion and HA, but historically they have not been much use when it came to protecting against the loss...
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VMworld 2015 key announcements summary
Now that the dust has settled I thought it would be useful to review the key announcements: Virtual SAN 6.1, key enhancements include support for: Stretched Clustering with Zero RPO 2 node ROBO...
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An introduction to PernixData FVP – turn your existing storage into an...
Flash is changing the storage landscape and as we move from SLC to eMLC and then onto 3D TLC the cost per TB is plummeting, but it is important to point out that even the cheapest forms of flash are no...
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Some interesting new ways to improve your IT infrastructure in 2016
It’s an exciting time in IT; there is so much innovation going on, often driven by start-ups, and many new ways of doing things compared to a few years ago. The good news is that generally the...
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VMware Virtual SAN is now ready for mainstream adoption
Virtual SAN (VSAN) was released two years ago and I think it is fair to say that the initial release was never going to “set the world on fire”, but roughly every six months a new version appeared with...
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EVO:RAIL is dead long live VxRail
On paper EVO:RAIL was a great idea – VMware provides the Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) software (vSphere and Virtual SAN) and the major server and storage vendors provide the hardware, but one...
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