vSphere 5.1: Best Practices and Technical Papers

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With the introduction of vSphere 5.1, there will be many concerns on the best practices that many are interested in.

I have listed the available technical papers that are in VMware site and will update them whenever there is new one updated for easy access and reference.

Best Practices
VMware vSphere 5.1 vMotion Architecture, Performance and Best Practices
VMware vCenter Server 5.1 Database Performance Improvements and Best Practices for Large-Scale Environments
Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 5.1


Technical Papers
VXLAN Performance Evaluation on VMware vSphere 5.1
Storage I/O Performance on VMware vSphere 5.1 over 16 Gigabit Fibre Channel
The CPU Scheduler in VMware vSphere 5.1
VXLAN Performance Evaluation on VMware vSphere 5.1

Comments

Unknown said…
HI WK nice blog its very informative
Im new to Vmware can you help to tell me what are the issues and resolution you have experienced as a vmware engineer

thanks
February 13, 2014 at 11:45 PM
Wee Kiong Tan said…
There is no specific issues or resolutions. Just like any software. Do all the readings and research. Google is your good friend.
February 14, 2014 at 12:03 AM
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