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Learning VMware vSphere

You're reading from   Learning VMware vSphere Lay the foundations for data center virtualization using VMware vSphere 6 and strengthen your understanding of its power

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2016
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ISBN-13 9781782174158
Length 606 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Abhilash G B Abhilash G B
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Rebecca Fitzhugh Rebecca Fitzhugh
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Preface 1. An Introduction to Server Virtualization Using VMware FREE CHAPTER 2. The Hypervisor – ESXi 3. The Management Layer – VMware vCenter 4. vSphere Networking Concepts and Management 5. vSphere Storage Concepts and Management 6. Advanced vSphere Infrastructure Management 7. Understanding Host Profiles, Image Profiles, and Auto Deploy 8. Virtual Machines Concepts and Management 9. Monitoring Performance of a vSphere Environment 10. Certificate Management for a vSphere Environment 11. Securing a vSphere Environment 12. Life Cycle Management of a vSphere Environment

Understanding storage performance


Saturating the underlying storage hardware often causes storage performance issues. Disk intensive applications could saturate the storage and/or the path. To determine whether your vSphere environment is experiencing storage issues you need to monitor disk latency. Storage I/O Control, discussed in Chapter 6, Advanced vSphere Infrastructure Management, can be used to determine if a latency threshold is exceeded. Ensure that your storage can meet the I/O demands of the virtual machines. Consider using SSD solutions as a means of removing the disk spindle from the equation. Using a disk cache approach can increase the IOPS that your storage is capable of. Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) is a common metric used to judge overall storage performance. Shares may also be used to prioritize virtual machine access to storage resources.

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