VAIO is a Framework that enables third party technologies to participate in the disk IO from a guest VM within ESXi 6. These APIs will enable third parties to provide VMDK granular caching solutions that run natively in ESXi in a fully supported manner.
It introduces a means for vSphere to provide a native, fully-supported architecture for third party technologies to deliver cluster-wide write-back caching using solid-state storage in the host servers. Just as importantly, it supports a broad range of storage architectures, including VMFS, NFS and VVOLs. In the world of server-side solid-state caching for VMware vSphere, it’s a big step forward.
The week on the Virtually Speaking Podcast we bring in VMware’s Cormac Hogan and Rich Peterson from SanDisk to walk us through VAIO and SanDisk’s new offering, FlashSoft 4.0.
Cormac Hogan is a Senior Staff Engineer in the Office of the CTO in the Storage and Availability Business Unit (SABU) at VMware. He has been with VMware since April 2005 and has previously held roles in VMware’s Technical Marketing and Technical Support organizations. He has written a number of storage related white papers and have given numerous presentations on storage best practices and vSphere storage features. He is also the co-author of the “Essential Virtual SAN” book published by VMware Press.
At SanDisk, Rich leads the marketing effort for the company’s enterprise software products, including the FlashSoft software products. Rich’s team is responsible for product management, marketing communications and sales support programs. Previously, Rich was vice president of marketing for FlashSoft prior to the company’s acquisition by SanDisk. At FlashSoft, Rich supported the company’s venture fundraising, operations, and marketing efforts. Prior to FlashSoft, Rich led marketing for a number of successful startups, including LogicBlaze, Infravio and Interwoven.
Show Related Links
- vSphere APIs for IO Filtering (VAIO)
- CormacHogan.com
- FlashSoft 4.0 from SanDisk
- Setting up FlashSoft
- Primary IO APA for VMware
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