vSphere Fault Tolerance Performance Impact
Triggered by some feedback on the VMware reddit channel, I was wondering what is holding us back in adopting the vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT) feature. Comments on Reddit stated that…
Our VMworld 2016 session (#8430)
Oh how do I look forward to VMworld 2016!! Once more I'm able to visit both VMworld US in Las Vegas and VMworld EMEA in Barcelona. This year it's not…
Jumbo Frames and the risks involved
Even though the jumbo frame and the possible gain and risk trade-offs discussion is not new, we found ourselves discussing it yet again. Because we had different opinions, it seems like…
Stretched Cluster with NSX
Last NLVMUG I was talking about stretched clusters. My presentation elaborated somewhat on how VMware NSX can help you deal with challenges that arise when deploying a stretched cluster solution.…
Synology DSM6.0 VLAN support
I've noticed some distress on the web because, with the release of Synology DSM version 6.0, it is no longer possible to use the vconfig command. This command was used to configure…
Stretched cluster VM & datastore affinity
When using a vSphere stretched cluster solution, it is important to have your VM(s) and its VMDK(s) affinity aligned in the same datacenter. So if the storage controller in datacenter 1 serves…