Session SDDC6827 Note: This was a panel discussion, so I tried to transcribe as much as I could. Please forgive any typos or bad English. I'm immediately publishing after the session was over. Josh Odgers - Nutanix Sachin Chheda - Nutanix Bob - Hallmark business connections (Hallmark cards) George - Perth...
Session INF5306 DRS is the #1 scheduler in the datacenter today 92% of clusters have DRS enabled. 79% are in fully automated mode. 87% have affinity and anti-affinity rules. 43% of clusters have resource pools enabled and use them 99.8% of cluster use maintenance mode Bottom line: DRS is popular...
Session INF4944 Goal: Deliver and enhanced customer experience for deploying and upgrading vCenter environments. vCenter server 6.0 platforms: Windows and VCSA support the same scale and performance Enhanced Linked mode is brand new in 6.0 and supported on Windows or VCSA. Policies and tags are now supported in Linked Mode....
Session CTO6453 Speaker goes over various workloads that vary widely in terms of their requirements (big data, high IOPS, etc.) What do Linux containers need from Storage? Ability to copy and clone root images. Isolated namespaces between containers, QoS controls between containers. Containers and fast clone using shared read-only images...
Session: INF4535 Duncan Epping, Frank Denneman Introduction to SDA (Software defined availability): VM, server, storage, data center, networking, management. Business only cares about the application, not the underlying infrastructure. vSphere HA Configured through vCenter but not dependent on it Each host has an agent (FDM) will be installed for monitoring...
Session: EUC6082 Quick DaaS Overview Desktop as a service from VMware Tiered role separation, user experience, enterprise integration, choice of device, security Offerings: Public cloud: VMware Horizon Air, Horizon DaaS powered service provider; Private cloud Cloud makes complex easy Typical Deployment Model MPLS link from on-prem to VMware cloud services...
Sanjay Poonen (VMware, EUC) We live in a fantastic world transformed by smart phones VMware is laser focused on EUC. Any application any device. Consumer grade interfaces with enterprise security According to IDC VMware leapfrogged Citrix for EUC AirWatch is a market share leader Jim Alkove from Microsoft comes on...
INF4528, William Lam, VMware VCSA is on parity with Windows server in terms of scale and performance VUM still requires a Windows server (future version will not) FULL VUM capabilities in vSphere web client in 6.0 U1 Deployment types: Embedded (PSC and VC), or PSC as external Multiple vCenters can...
Moore's Law: Old faithful + rising tide In the future Moore's law will be less predictable Moore's law may end around 2020 or 2022 Silicon lattice will be a limiting factor in how small transistors can go Past 40 years the industry has marched towards homogeneous (x86, ARM, CMOS, etc.)...
Application uptime is key for businesses 40% of companies still use tape for DR purposes Legacy DR solutions can lead to extended periods of downtime Announcing SRM 6.1 and site recovery manager air From private cloud to public cloud - the hybrid cloud SRM automates every workflow of DR orchestration...
VMware President Carl Eschenbach Record attendance at VMworld. More than 23,000 20 people have been to all 20 VMworlds (21 including Carl) Theme: Ready for Any Challenges: Innovation, productivity, security, cost, agility Run - Run a true hybrid cloud platform Built - Build and embrace containers Deliver - Any app...
Session: INF5975 Transforming software delivery with software appliances Accelerat e time to value Simplify software management Performance Security Reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) vCSA Security hardened Suse OS (SLES 11 SP3) vCenter server and vPostgreSQL DB in a single VM Appliance shell and UI support for appliance configuration vCenter...