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vSphere High Performance Cookbook - Second Edition

You're reading from   vSphere High Performance Cookbook - Second Edition Recipes to tune your vSphere for maximum performance

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
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ISBN-13 9781786464620
Length 338 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Christopher Kusek Christopher Kusek
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Prasenjit Sarkar Prasenjit Sarkar
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Kevin Elder Kevin Elder
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. CPU Performance Design 2. Memory Performance Design FREE CHAPTER 3. Networking Performance Design 4. DRS, SDRS, and Resource Control Design 5. vSphere Cluster Design 6. Storage Performance Design 7. Designing vCenter on Windows for Best Performance 8. Designing VCSA for Best Performance 9. Virtual Machine and Virtual Environment Performance Design 10. Performance Tools

Introduction

Since it was introduced, VCSA has lagged behind the vCenter deployment on Windows in terms of functionality and scalability. In vSphere 6.5, however, VCSA has all the features of the Windows version, including Update Manager, and can scale to the same size in terms of supported hosts and VMs. It is also quicker to deploy and it doesn't use a costly Windows license.

It also includes native replication and backup that you don't get with the Windows version. With all these improvements in vSphere 6.5, is there any reason to use vCenter on Windows? The only downside to running VCSA is that it is Linux-based, and therefore, troubleshooting takes a little Linux knowledge. If you want to keep a strictly Windows environment, then go with vCenter on Windows; otherwise, use VCSA.

The table indicates the recommended sizes for CPUs, RAM, and storage for your VCSA, depending...

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