Yellow Bricks

by Duncan Epping

UT-Podcast

#117 – An update on all things Memory Tiering featuring Arvind Jagannath!

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Arvind is back to provide an update on all things Memory Tiering. The interest in Memory Tiering is high due to insane memory prices and supply chain issues. Arvind goes over the basics of memory tiering and provides an insight into what to expect in the upcoming release of VCF/vSphere when it comes to Memory Tiering! Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts (bit.ly/4tChsfH), Spotify (bit.ly/4mYpQ6O), watch it on Youtube, or just use the embedded players below.

Some of the items discussed:

#116 – A VMware Cloud Foundation constructs primer featuring Gary Blake!

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I sometimes get confused when people talk about VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Fleets, Instances, and Domains! So I decided to invite Gary Blake to the show to explain to us all the various constructs, how they relate to each other, and what you should take into consideration when you are designing a VCF-based infrastructure! You can find the links to some of the discussed articles and documents below. As always, you can listen to the episode on Spotify (https://bit.ly/4tBCNFw), Apple (https://bit.ly/3Q5DU1V), via the embedded audio player below, or simply watch the episode on youtube!

#115 – GPU resource management for AI workloads with Frank Denneman!

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Recently, Frank published a series of blog posts on GPU resource management. I invited Frank to the show to explain why GPU resource management is different than CPU and memory management in vSphere. Frank goes over all the intricate details, and as always, dives deep into the various constructs involved. I highly recommend reading the articles which are part of the following series, and make sure to also check the tool Frank developed, as this helps visualizing the challenges you may face today, or potentially in the future!

You can listen to the episode on Spotify (bit.ly/4th0Jhs), Apple (bit.ly/47wcGHH), or via the below embedded player, and I also posted it on Youtube with video!

#114 – vSAN Storage Clusters with Kalyan Krishnaswamy!

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Recently there was a ⁠big announcement⁠ about the adoption of vSAN Storage Clusters by Audi. All the reasons for me to invite Kalyan back to the show. During this episode, Kalyan not only discusses what was announced specifically with Audi, but also goes over some of the recently introduced functionality like vSAN traffic separation, vSphere only clusters support for stretched with vSAN Storage Clusters, and much more!

Some of the discussed papers and blogs:

You can listen to the episode on Spotify (bit.ly/4lBkM7K), Apple (apple.co/4lzCjwX), the embedded player below, or simply watch the youtube version!

#113 – Procuring hardware for a vSAN based VCF infrastructure – featuring John Nicholson!

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I’ve been on the Virtually Speaking podcast several times, so it was time to invite one of the hosts to the Unexplored Territory Podcast and discuss his favorite topic, hardware configurations, and the bill of materials! John Nicholson goes over all the ins and outs of procuring new hardware and talks about ordering components for existing hardware. We discuss NICs, Switches, Ready Node configurations, Emulated Ready Node configurations, NVMe devices, and much more.

Especially in todays world of ever increasing memory prices, and difficulty to procure hardware, the suggestions John makes around re-using existing hardware with vSAN ESA are very valid. Also, the use of Memory Tiering is definitely something every customer should consider. But before I share all the nuggets, just listen to the episode on Spotify (bit.ly/4r66flp), Apple (apple.co/4raF5Kj), the embedded player below, or watch it on Youtube.

During the discussion, various blogs and videos were mentioned, make sure to check those as well!