With vSphere 4.1, VMware released a great new feature called Memory compression. At first, after reading the release notes I thought memory compression was just one step before swapping to disk would occur. However, after reading the whitepaper “Understanding Memory Resource Management in VMware ESX 4” I learned some more details I want to share […]
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Reclaiming unused VMDK space with storage thin provisioning
Storage thin provisioning can save space on a VMware Virtual Machine Disk File (VMDK), but reclaiming that space requires the use of tools described below. I have experimented with Virtual Machine Disk Format (VMDK) thin provisioning since the beta release of vSphere 4.0 as I don’t have much storage space to spare. Before we get […]
Vote for us in the Veeam Video Contest
When there is a contest for doing stupid but funny things, you will probably find my girlfriend and me joining in. With the Veeam Video Contest it is no different so we shot a nice little video to show what Veeam Backup & Replication can do for you. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR47BXlKkHk[/youtube] Please vote for us at:Â http://www.veeam.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1050 (You […]
Hyper-V Live Migration for free, tough cookie for VMware
Today I was drawn to this blog post from Microsoft: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate! (Free Live Migration/HA Anyone?). This post confirmed what was expected, Microsoft will be offering Live Migration for free when Hyper-V v2 will be released. This will sureley put some pressure on VMware vSphere pricing or not? If we […]
Hyper-V, not in my datacenter (part 3: Motions and storage)
In part 3 of this series, I want to shed a light on the difference between the types of Migration in ESX and Hyper-V and the differences in storage between the both of them. Although I think most of the readers know the differences, I will start with a brief summary. Hyper-V QuickMigration: When you […]