Yellow Bricks

by Duncan Epping

clustering deep dive

Black Friday Gift: Free copy of the vSphere 6.7 Clustering Deep Dive, thanks Rubrik (ebook)

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Many asked us if the ebook would be made available for free again. Today I have the pleasure of announcing that Frank, Niels and I have worked once again with Rubrik and the VMUG organization to make the vSphere 6.7 Clustering Deep Dive book available for free! Yes, that is 0 USD / EURO, or whatever your currency is. As the book signing at VMworld was wildly popular, which resulted in the follow up discussion about the ebook.

You want a copy? All that we expect you to do is register on Rubrik’s website using your own email address. Anyway, register and start your download engines, pick up a fresh copy of the vSphere Clustering Deep Dive here!

You asked for it: vSphere 6.7 Clustering Deep Dive ebook, now available!

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We knew when we released the paper version of the book that many would yell: What about an e-book? Although sales numbers of the Host Deep Dive and previous Clustering Deep Dive books have shown that by far most people prefer a printed copy, we decided to go ahead and create an ebook as well. It is not as simple unfortunately as simply uploading a PDF or an MS Word file. We had to spend evenings reformatting the book in an e-book authoring tool, compile it, review it, fix issues, compile again etc. Nevertheless, it is done!

So what we did is we just uploaded it to Amazon, and we made it available for 14,95 USD, or whatever that roughly converts to in your local currency in your local store. We also noticed there was a bundling option, so as soon as the ebook and the paper copy are linked you can buy the ebook alongside the paper copy for only 2,99 USD. (Linking the book may still take a couple of days, we’ve initiated the process with Amazon and are waiting for them to complete it.)

You wanted it, so go out and pick it up, right before the weekend! Also, note that we have both the ebook and the paper version available right now, we are working on linking the books, so you can get a nice deal for both versions. Also, I would highly recommend picking up the Host Deep Dive books as well, and while you are at it pick up the VDI guide, it is an excellent read! Amazon links are on the right side for your convenience.

Now Available: vSphere 6.7 Clustering Deep Dive book!

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Over the past couple of months Frank, Niels and I have worked ferociously to update the vSphere Clustering Deep Dive. Some of the material was already brought up to date to vSphere 6.0 U2, but the majority was never updated after vSphere 5.1. As you can imagine, this was a tremendous undertaking. Not only did we need to validate every sentence, all diagrams needed to be updated, and with the introduction of the HTML-5 Client also all screenshots had to be retaken. 

Now, just a couple of weeks before VMworld, we are finally at the point where we can press “publish”.

What can you expect? Well, we have said this with previous books, this is not a beginners guide! This is a deep dive, and we aimed to take you in to the trenches of vSphere Clustering technologies. We cover a multitude of different features, and for those who haven’t read the previous books expect the following features to be covered:

  • vSphere HA
  • vSphere DRS
  • vSphere Storage DRS
  • vSphere Storage I/O Control
  • vSphere Network I/O Control

We also have a chapter on stretched clusters, in this chapter we describe how to design and implement a vSphere Metro Storage Cluster, leveraging all of the knowledge gained in the previous chapters.

For your convenience, I copied/pasted some of the Amazon info below.

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  • Paperback: 566 pages
  • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (July 29, 2018)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1722625325
  • ISBN-13: 978-1722625320
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.3 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds

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I hope all of you will enjoy the book as much as we enjoyed writing it. And before I forget, I want to thank my co-authors for the late night discussions, the hard work, insights and fun/laughter at times.

Get it while it is hot! (Look on the right side column for the links to the book!)