VMware TPS in shared VM environments

As many of you may know VMware changed the default Transpararent Page Sharing (TPS from now on) setting in the latest versions/updates of ESXi. Specifically the behaviour for Inter-VM TPS. But what about Intra-VM TPS? What is TPS? TPS is a technique which, when enabled, lets the ESXi host…

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VSAN Observer

While prepping for my VCP6-DCV delta exam, I stumbled upon something called VSAN Observer and though i'm running VSAN for quite awhile in a lab environment and played around with it quite a lot, but I haven't heard about or seen this VSAN Observer. What is it? Time to check…

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Pernixdata FVP 3.5 & Infinio Accelerator 3.0 released

Both Pernixdata and Infinio released a new version of their Server Side Caching products yesterday! Having used previous versions of them both in production environments and compared them very recently here, I'm thrilled to see the evolution here! Both still only support VMware, so no change there. Pernixdata FVP 3.…

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Why Server Side Caching saved my ass!

Maybe the hype has passed. But as a user of SSC solutions for the last 2 years a quick comparising and experience sharing is in place I think. The trigger was a quick conversation about this topic i had this week with someone from a company we're doing a PoC…

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MyPanel, an ugly mini-control panel for SBC & VDI environments

A bit of a sidestep... But i felt the urge to share something which never gets the attention I think it deserves. MyPanel This is a mini-control panel for settings I found were missing in Windows and Citrix for use in a SBC (XenApp/TS) or VDI (View/XenDesktop) environment,…

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