Co noveho vo VMFS-5?

vSphere 5 prinasa novy VMFS-5 filesystem. Zakladnou informaciou je, ze uz je mozne naformatovat VMFS datastore na kapacitu cez 2T. Druhou pozitivnou novinkou je moznost pripojit LUN Raw Device Mapping vo Physical Mode s vacsou ako 2T kapacitou.

Zdroj:
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 1 - VMFS-5
http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/07/new-vsphere-50-storage-features-part-1-vmfs-5.html

Nove metriky vo vSphere 5

Vo vSphere 5 najdete 129 novych meratelnych parametrov, medzi ktorymi najdete aj urcene pre Storage DRS a HBR (Host Based Replication).

Zdroj:
New Performance Metrics In vSphere 5
http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/08/new-performance-metrics-in-vsphere-5.html

Nova funkcionalita VMware vShield App 5 Data Security

V novom VMware vShield je integrovana RSA technologia identifikacie citlivych dat virtualizovanych operacnych systemov.

Zdroj:
vShield App 5 Data Security = awesomesauce and free to try…
http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2011/07/vshield-app-5-data-security-awesomesauce-and-free-to-try.html

Co noveho vo vSphere 5 - Storage?

Davam do pozornosti relativne novy dokument pojednavajuci o novinkach v novej verzii vSphere 5. Konkretne sa jedna o oblast Storage.
Jedna z najdolezitejsich noviniek je nova verzia VMFS suboroveho systemu.

Na obrazku je porovnanie VMFS-3 a noveho VMFS-5

Zdroj:
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 – Storage
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Whats-New-VMware-vSphere-50-Storage-Technical-Whitepaper.pdf

Nova publikacia: VMware vSphere 5 Clustering Technical Deepdive

Rad by som upozornil na novu knizku s nazvom VMware vSphere 5 Clustering Technical Deepdive. Je to nastupca podarenej knizky VMware vSphere 4.1 HA and DRS Technical Deepdive.
Cena elektronickej Kindle Edition verzie je necelych 14 USD.
Davam aj link na rozhovor Erica Sloofa s autormi knizky.

Zdroj:
VMware vSphere 5 Clustering Technical Deepdive [Kindle Edition]
http://www.amazon.com/vSphere-Clustering-Technical-Deepdive-ebook/dp/B005C1SARM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1310390589&sr=8-4

New Book - VMware vSphere 5.0 Clustering Technical Deepdive (video)
http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/1799-New-Book-VMware-vSphere-5.0-Clustering-Technical-Deepdive-video.html

VMware View client pre Android

Vychadza Tech Preview verzia VMware Client pre Android OS.

Zdroj:

VMware View for Android - Tech Preview
http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/desktop/view/vmware_view_for_android_-_tech_preview?view=all

Pekne video predstavujuce Teradici PCoIP Server Offload Card APEX 2800

Nova Teradici karta pre hardware podporu CPU a grafickeho vykonu VDI riesenia.

Zdroj:
APEX 2800 PCoIP Server Offload Card video
http://www.teradici.com/pcoip/pcoip-technology/video_server-offload-card.php