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Top 5 Community Blog Posts – Sept 24th 2012

Hello Everyone! I am Patricio Cerda, vExpert 2011 and 2012, and virtualization blogger.

Here I am again to write about the content of the Community Blogs and to provide you with the Top 5 recommended blog posts to read.

So, here is the selection for the last 2 weeks. (In no particular order).

Entendendo as limitações do Esxi 5.1 FREE
In this post, Joao talks about vSphere Hypervisor, the free version of ESXi, and gives us a very good overview about the limitations included in this version.  Remember vSphere Hypervisor is a great solution to testing the advantages of virtualization and, of course, of VMware.
Read the full article here

How to check if NUMA is enabled on ESX hardware?
In this article, Marcelo shows to us how to check if NUMA is enabled on ESX hosts by using ESXTOP.
Read the full article here

Password security – its the length that matters (gigity)
Here Jon makes a point about Password Security and shows why longer passwords could be better than complex passwords.
Read the full article here

Are True Virtual Data Centers Coming?
In this article, Steven talks about Virtual Data Centers and how the new technologies make Virtual Data Centers start to become reality.
Read the full article here

Dr Performance: One Million IOPS
In this post, Mike analyses the most recent performance stress-testing on vSphere, which proves that VMware is able to smash through the barrier of 1 Million IOPS.
Read the full article here

Enjoy the reading!!!