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 ...

Recently, I wrote how certain vSphere configurations will introduce limits to consolidation ratios on HA-enabled clusters. With that information, I thought it a good idea to share another piece of ...

Among the many improvements in VMware vSphere 5.0 is a new means to load balance virtual machine datastores: the Storage Dynamic Resource Scheduler, or Storage DRS. Like its pre-existing compute ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Recognizing that some customers have stalled along the road to adopting virtualization, VMware is coming around with some seriously powerful jumper cables. With Tuesday's unveiling of vSphere 5, ...

An incremental update to the vSphere virtualization platform packs numerous improvements and new features to give IT professionals all the right tools. When we had indications that VMware Inc. was ...

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 ...