Virtual machine provisioning has always imposed operational challenges. Monitoring datastore capacity and I/O load has proven to be very difficult. As a result, it's often neglected. This could lead ...

The countdown concludes with the top 2 finalist features of vSphere 5. At number 1, I have Storage DRS, a fantastic new feature that load balances virtual machines across the different datastores to ...

Scenario: a cluster of ESXi 6.7 hosts in vCenter 6.7. DRS is enabled and set to 'fully automated', with the slider on the second-lowest setting (i.e. the most conservative setting that still enables ...

As we rapidly approach yet another VMworld conference and the general release of VMware vSphere 5, it’s clear that VMware hasn’t been resting on its laurels. The newest version of vSphere builds on ...

So, vSphere Storage DRS is suppose to require Enterprise Plus licenses, but we only have Enterprise and have no problems creating datastore clusters and enabling Storage DRS on them. I am beginning to ...

With scalability improvements, network and storage I/O control, and countless other enhancements, VMware continues to redefine the possibilities for server virtualization VMware has never been a ...

vSphere 5 introduces the idea of "monster" virtual machines -- i.e., powerful VMs that can tear down technical and psychological barriers to organizations moving their mission critical applications ...