There is a new free utility from StarWind software called rPerf. Today we’ll have a look at What is StarWind rPerf Free utility and what are the benefits. rPerf is a free RDMA link benchmarking tool allowing you to effectively measure latency and bandwidth between different systems. The rPerf isn’t a tool with GUI but […]
Windows Server 2019 GA Download
Yes, the news just came out a few hours ago, Windows Server 2019 GA download is available. This is a major news today. The new Microsoft Server OS came out just a week after Ignite so here we go, Microsoft released Windows Server 2019. It seems that the price of Windows Server 2019 is up […]
Shared HA Storage for XenServer 7.x With StarWind
While VMware and Microsoft are supported StarWind solutions, I wasn’t aware of XenServer. In this post, we’ll look at which configuration is supported. StarWind is able to provide HA shared storage for XenServers connected to the environment. Shared storage which is highly available (HA) means that if any of the nodes goes down, the other […]
StarWind VSAN on 3 ESXi Nodes detailed setup
In the past we have written many posts about StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) detailing different scenarios and benefits, however privileging mostly 2-nodes setup for their low cost and easy to build. However, StarWind VSAN can easily be expanded to 3 or more nodes (up to 64 actually, which is a current limit of vSphere clusters). Those […]
VMware Tools 10.3.2 Released Fixing PSOD of 10.3.0 and including AppDefense
A few months back VMware has released VMware tools version 10.3.0, but there was a bug causing PSOD for Windows OS and VMware has informed their customers about this issue. Note that this 10.3.0 release was affecting only vSphere 6.5 customers. Today VMware has released VMware tools 10.3.2 and made the 10.3.0 version deprecated. (The […]
VMware vSphere 6.7 U1 Announced and Now Available For Download
VMware has announced, during VMworld Las Vegas, a new major update to their flagship virtualization product, VMware vSphere 6.7 U1. This release has some major enhancements so here is our post which details that. One of the first ones which will touch every user is perhaps the fact that the HTML 5 web client is […]
Runecast Analyzer 2.0 Released With New Historical Changes Interactive Chart
Runecast has just released a major release of their flagship product – Runecast Analyzer 2.0, which brings some interesting new functions and features. One of them is the ability to show all previous scans of all detected and resolved issues on a historical view which allows the admin to isolate events which have happened after configuration […]
What is VMware Skyline?
VMware Skyline is not new, however, some readers might be interested about what’s it all about. Not many people know that it’s actually a free service from VMware. Let’s have a look in this post called What is VMware Skyline? VMware Skyline is a new and free capability for VMware customers. It automatically collects configuration […]
VMware vSphere Persistent Memory Performance – Must Have PDF Download
VMware vSphere Persistent memory (PMEM) has been announced with vSphere 6.7, but the feature only works with the latest hardware from selected vendors. With supported hardware modules, customers can use this very fast storage, as a new storage tier for enterprise applications. vSphere Persistent Memory Performance is the topic of today’s post. vSphere persistent memory works […]
VMware NSX – Top 9 Free Books To Read
Over the time, there has been quite a large choice of free books about VMware NSX products. In this post, we’ll try to details them and provide download links. Those books were reviewed by VMware and published under VMware Press. So let’s have a look at VMware NSX – Top 9 Free Books To Read. VMware […]