What a crazy week, VMworld. Many announcements by many different vendors and of course a kazillion blog posts. I picked a few which stood out to me and which are worth reading.
- VMworld VMare Code hackathon to hit Barcelona 2016 by Alan Renouf
The US version of the hackathon was a big success, and I expect nothing less in EMEA to be honest. Read Alan’s article to get a feeling / idea around what it was like and make sure to sign up if you have a good idea, or want to join an existing team! - VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 All NVMe Flash Array with Intel® SSD P3520 Sets New Record
I just like reading these types of posts, what can a config like this lead to. Sometimes people say ‘well how realistic is the config?’ I actually have a customer deploying this exact configuration today. - Dell Technologies = Facemeltingly Awesome, but shall we talk frankly? by Chad Sakac
A lengthy post on the Dell/EMC merger by Chad. He is in the middle of it and I always enjoy reading his thoughts. - VMware PowerCLI for Mac OS X, Linux & More? Yes, please! by William Lam
Quick post on something very interesting, availability of PowerCLI on other operating systems then Microsoft. Leave a comment on his post if you are interested… - VMware ESXi Claimrules Unleashed by Guido Hagemann
Want to know what a claimrule is all about? Guido broke it down in a nice way. Some good stuff in there. - Have got a couple of spare hours and want to watch some VMworld sessions, William Lam dumped everything in a long list, makes your life easier!
- Julian Wood’s VMworld Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4 series.
One of the best “personal takes” on VMworld US if you ask me. I know how much work it is to keep articles like these up to date. Some interesting thoughts, and I like how Julian included the parties, receptions but also a chat he had with PernixData’s Satyam Vaghani. - VSAN Availability series part 1, part 2 and part 3 by Jeff Hunter
If you want to know more about VSAN and the availability aspects, this is a great series to read…