The VMware I/O blender is caused by multiple virtual machines generating random I/O at the hypervisor layer that bottlenecks storage systems. Adding more flash or spindles seems like the quick fix to this problem. The noise at the I/O blender…
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ChalkTalk Video: Is More Flash or Spindles the only Answer to the VMware I/O Blender?
Tagged with: Condusiv, Flash, Hypervisor, I/O Blender, SAN, Virtualization, VM, VMworld
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Briefing Note: Stopping Virtualization’s Double Tax
Virtualized Windows applications suffer from two I/O taxes. First, there is the tax of the I/O blender caused by mixing dozens of VMs on a single server, and then connecting multiple servers to a shared storage array that creates a…
Tagged with: Condusiv, DRAM, Flash, Hypervisor, I/O Blender, SAN, Virtualization, VM
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ChalkTalk Video: Can Windows hurt Flash Performance?
Today when an IT Pro faces a performance problem on a Windows-based server running applications like MS-SQL, Exchange and SharePoint, they often turn to a flash-based storage solution. Those IT professionals may be surprised to hear they should try something…
Briefing Note: Physical Servers Matter – Diskeeper keeps them running like new
While the move to a virtualized data center continues, physical servers still matter! Its true that many organizations are now approaching 60%+ virtualization, few have reached 100%. That means that most data centers are still 40% physical. Those remaining physical…
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