The VMguy

Some good ones came out last week.  Let’s take a look:

• VMware vSphere 4: Exchange Server on NFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel – a very nice paper on how NFS, iSCSI, and Fiber Channel performed running a very large number of mailboxes on Exchange.
• Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 4.0 – Absolutely a must-read for new administrators and a new addition for my Admin Bookmarks page .  This is also a great review for those looking to upgrade to vSphere.
• Using Local Disks in VMware View Deployment – A very interesting idea: in a remote office running local ESX servers, use a Storage Appliance to gain HA with local disks only for desktops running in View.
• VMware Fault Tolerance Recommendations and Considerations on VMware vSphere 4 – The defacto-standard read if you are planning to use FT in your enviornment.  This article is a keeper of all of the current ins-and-outs of FT.
• What’s New in VMware vSphere 4: Virtual Networking – a great reference for all of the new capabilities in networking in 4.0.  Very detailed and technical.
• What Is New in VMware vSphere 4: Storage – The complete list of everything that’s new from a storage perspective.  From thin-provisioning to Pluggable Storage Architecture, it’s all there.