Introduction to VMware Persistent Memory (PMEM) Persistent Memory (PMEM) resides between DRAM and disk storage in the data storage hierarchy. This technology enables byte-addressable updates and does not lose data if power is lost. Instead of having nonvolatile storage at the bottom with the largest capacity but the slowest performance, nonvolatile storage is now Read more...
Introduction to Linux Huge Pages Much has been written and spoken about Linux Huge Page feature. The Red Hat Documentation explains about the performance benefits of using Huge Pages. Essentially , Memory is managed in blocks known as pages. CPUs have a built-in memory management unit (MMU) that contains a list of Read more...
Introduction As mentioned in the earlier post , VMware Cloud on AWS is an on-demand service that enables customers to run applications across vSphere-based cloud environments with access to a broad range of AWS services. Powered by VMware Cloud Foundation, this service integrates vSphere, vSAN and NSX along with VMware vCenter management, and is Read more...
Customers deploying Oracle Database have requirements such as stringent SLAs, consistent performance, and high availability. It can be a major challenge for organizations to manage data storage in these environments due to these demanding business requirements. Common issues in using traditional storage solutions for business-critical applications include inability to easily scale-up and scale-out, storage inefficiency, complex Read more...
VMware vSphere is continuously improving to provide enhanced and new features. In every release, significant improvements have been made in the areas of customer experience, security, availability, and performance. This blog highlights the new functionality and performance improvements that are closely related to High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Machine Learning/Deep Learning (ML/DL) workloads from vSphere 6.5 Read more...
