VMware recently announced that VMware View 5.1 will be released in Q2 2012. Below is a summary listing of the new features and benefits. VMware View Storage Accelerator will act as a read cache for common blocks of Virtual Machine Disk Files (VMDK). This will benefit performance by reducing the read IOPS on the underlying […]
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May
May
Many storage arrays such as HP’s 3Par line, Datacore, and others have the ability to thin provision storage. VMware also has the ability to thin provision virtual disks (VMDK files). Over time the storage utilization increases as data is created, fragmented, and moved. When data is deleted the storage array does not automatically free up […]
10
May
May
We recently integrated BackupExec for one of our existing clients, however, after getting woken up at 4am this past weekend, we found out that a snapshot filled up the LUN for a VM. We finally determined it was from BackupExec hanging! After restarting the service, we were able to fix it easily by doing a […]
10
May
May
This article will give you a step by step guide on how to configure a DLE with VeritasVM on Sun Solaris. In a recent scenario for one of our clients, it was imperative that we manage this via DLE, rather than spanning an existing disk group with another LUN. It is always a good idea […]
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Mar
Mar
There’s been a lot of talk about HP’s 3PAR utility storage. Here at Helixstorm, we know how awesome these systems are. They were designed for virtual and cloud environments, and they allow your data to be organized in logical resource pools (which cuts down drastically on wasted storage space). We recently discovered this great, fun, […]