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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...