I’ve been quiet on my personal blog (I aim to rectify that) but in the meantime here a list of some of the blogs I’ve written over at Virtual Blocks, the blog for the Storage and Availability Business Unit at VMware about VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols).
- 3 Key Reasons Customers Move to Virtual Volumes (October 2016)
Some reflections why customers are moving to Virtual Volumes. - VVols Reloaded Series (July 2016):
- VVols Reloaded – Virtual Volumes A Game Changer For Tier 1 Business Critical Databases
Running business critical databases on Virtual Volumes - VVols Reloaded – Putting Virtual Volumes to Work – Storage Best Practices for vSphere 6 and Beyond
The promise of Virtual Volumes and how implementations can vary - VVols Reloaded – Top 10 Thing You MUST Know Before Implementing Virtual Volumes
Good introduction to some important things to consider when moving to VVols - VVols Reloaded – Making Backups Better Than Ever Using Virtual Volumes
Highlighting some of the performance benefits of moving to VVols from the data protection perspective - VVols Reloaded – Explaining Advanced Virtual Volumes Configurations
Dive under the hood of Virtual Volumes to give a good overview of the architecture and advantages to moving to Virtual Volumes
- VVols Reloaded – Virtual Volumes A Game Changer For Tier 1 Business Critical Databases
- Is Storage DRS Still Needed With Virtual Volumes? (June 2016)
My thoughts on the whether Storage DRS is needed with Virtual Volumes - EMC Unity With Native Virtual Volumes Support (May 2016)
My initial impressions of the EMC Unity VVols implementation - Virtual Volumes Compatibility Guide Gets a Refresh (April 2016)
Compatibility guides don’t often get a lot of love, but here’s a quick blog post on some changes I worked on with the VCG team - Virtual Volumes Concepts and Architecture Videos (March 2016)
A couple of short videos on VVols by the VMware Technical Communications team - Virtual Volumes at EMC World (March 2016)
A brief overview of VVols sessions at EMC World 2016 - Virtual Volumes: First Year In Review (March 2016)
Some metrics about the first year of VVols adoption - Getting Ready for Virtual Volumes (Nov 2015)
A short blog providing some pointers to getting started with VVols