VMware vSphere Blog

SAP HANA Dynamic Tiering and the VMware Software Defined Data Center

Bob Goldsand posted January 27, 2015

The latest release of SAP HANA has brought the concepts of multi-temperature data and lifecycle management to a new level. With SP09, SAP has addressed the size and cost constraints which may prohibit an all in memory solution. SAP HANA with the Dynamic Tiering (DT) option enables placement of the highest value “hot data” in Read more...

Performance Unplugged: vCenter Performance

Mark Achtemichuk posted January 26, 2015

Welcome to a new video series I’ve titled “Performance Unplugged” In this video series, I’ll showcase a number of talented performance gurus and cover commonly asked questions and topics. Performance of the Software-Defined Datacenter should no longer be a concern for customers and we’ll explain why. Links to the latest information pertaining to the topic Read more...

Technical Preview of CoreOS on vSphere 5.5

Will Pien posted January 23, 2015

VMware is focused on bringing the value of containers to our customers and helping them streamline application delivery and portability in their virtualized infrastructure. CoreOS is a new, lightweight Linux distribution that’s designed from the ground up to run containerized applications. We’ve been working with the CoreOS team to enable the new OS to run Read more...

Performance Unplugged: Demanding Applications

Mark Achtemichuk posted January 22, 2015

Welcome to a new video series I’ve titled “Performance Unplugged” In this video series, I’ll showcase a number of talented performance gurus and cover commonly asked questions and topics. Performance of the Software-Defined Datacenter should no longer be a concern for customers and we’ll explain why. Links to the latest information pertaining to the topic Read more...

Assess the Performance Impact of the Security Change in Transparent Page Sharing Behaviour

Mark Achtemichuk posted January 14, 2015

As VMware continues to use a “secure by default” policy, there are some up-coming security changes to the Transparent Page Sharing (TPS) memory mechanism you need to be aware of and should assess for potential performance impact. Read more...

SAP HANA Now Supported on VMware vSphere 5.5 for Production Scenarios

Bob Goldsand posted May 6, 2014

Eighteen months ago at SAP SAPPHIRE Madrid 2012, VMware presented impressive performance data showcasing SAP HANA running on vSphere. At that time, vSphere 5.1 received support from SAP to run SAP HANA for non-production scenarios. After an extended and successful joint testing program with SAP, we’re proud to announce that vSphere 5.5 has achieved production support Read more...

VMware Posters

Alan Renouf posted September 11, 2012

This page is dedicated to the VMware posters which were created by Technical Marketing and have been released at VMworld and VMUGs around the world, this is a central place to find the latest versions of the PDF versions which can be used for reference or printed off as needed. If you didn’t enter this Read more...