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vSAN 6.5 ROBO All Flash – 2-node Direct Connect Testing vSAN 6.5 now supports using a low cost Cat6 or SFP+ TwinAX cables for cross-connect the 2 hosts. I had setup the lab to perform this ROBO setup. vSAN 6.5 also supports iSCSI which I plan to test it as well.   I plan to install vCenter 6.5 on these two nodes as well and therefore need to bootstrap the installation. ...

Sometime last year around September 2016, I had an idea of setting up a mobile NSX/SDDC Demo Lab that is compact enough to fit into a suitcase so that I can bring them around. However, I didn’t have the time to set them up. Guess what? Another colleague of mine in VMware US that works for the federal agencies set up something that I had envisage. You can read more about it here. ...

These are for customers and partners. The webinar series “Getting More Out Of NSX: Network Visibility and Troubleshooting” will present a three-part series on NSX operationalization, and how to monitor and troubleshoot your Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). NSX empowers todays’ SDDCs to run agile clouds supporting dynamic and challenging business requirements. The focus of this series is to showcase the aspects of NSX that are specifically geared towards managing, monitoring and troubleshooting the SDDC. ...

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Here are some of the frequent requested NSX resources from my customers. NSX Reference Design Guide – https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-27683 NSX-V: Multi-site Options and Cross-VC NSX Design Guide – https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-32552  VMware Validated Designs – http://www.vmware.com/software-defined-datacenter/validated-designs

This post reorganize the results from the previous two posts to show comparison between Hybrid and All-Flash VSAN. Preferred Site – Hybrid vs All-Flash (10Gbps Network) – MB/s **Preferred Site – Hybrid vs All-Flash (10Gbps Network) – IOPS ** **Secondary Site – Hybrid vs All-Flash (10Gbps Network) – MB/s ** **Secondary Site – Hybrid vs All-Flash (10Gbps Network) – IOPS ** Conclusion: In an All-Flash VSAN setup, the write speed perform better, be it the testing VM on the preferred or secondary site. ...