The VMguy

Whew!  I usually check the White papers for new submissions weekly but clearly I’m asleep at the wheel!  6 new ones were added.

There’s two new hi-level papers on why NetApp storage and VMware view run well together.  They bring up some good points on the advantages.  They can be found here and here .

There are some great ones on Application Virtualization.

• The first is a performance comparison of Application Virtualization technologies which can be found here .  I don’t know if it was a sponsored study or not but the results are compelling none the less.
• Next a great reviewer’s guide for ThinApp was posted.  This is a must have if you are going to download the ThinApp eval and try it out.  It gives you the basics of how ThinApp works and how to get started.

There’s also a new one on Best Practices running Java in a VM on ESX .  Here’s one that I definately get asked on periodically.  Very technical and good reading for those running Java in a VM.

Lastly, one question I get asked often is how many desktops a customer can stack on a ESX server.  That’s not a very easy question to answer as everyone’s workloads are different.  Here’s a great paper on some standard workloads and how they stack up and affect performance.  Definately a good read for those looking to deploy virtualized desktops.