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I solved Natural Hazard DR with Python and Datrium

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 18:31:30 +0000

I solved Natural Hazard DR with Python and Datrium.

One of the critical issues with disaster recovery, in general, is that you only want to trigger DR when the disaster strikes.

Docker Bare-Metal - Persistent Volumes with Datrium GraphDriver Plug-In (How-to)

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 08:04:26 +0000

Datrium supports various flavors of container management orchestration platforms, but independent of the orchestration platform, containers can be of persistent or transient nature. Both types may require some level of persistent storage, either to retain data across instances or to temporarily store configuration data.

Why Datrium DVX is Best for VDI - by Simon Long and André Leibovici

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:38:17 +0000

I have written in the past about how awesome Datrium DVX is for VDI, and how it removes numerous challenges in deploying and scaling solutions in single or multi-datacenter rollouts.

Most HCI vendors are continuously claiming to solve VDI challenges, but they are regularly focused on the day-one rollout – not the problems to operate VDI environment in the long run.

Unique and Original Datrium Data Locality for Customers, Partners, and Competitors

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:01:49 +0000

I recently came across a piece of competitive collateral from an HCI vendor with a slew of incorrect information about Datrium. One of the topics that are clearly misleading is Data Locality, so I decided it's time to help customers, partners, and competitors to understand what is so unique about Datrium Data Locality – and defuse the FUD.

VMworld 2018 Talk: Existing Choices to Leverage VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC) for DR [VMTN5977U]

Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:23:04 +0000

This is the recording for my VMworld 2018 talk where I discuss existing all available alternatives to leverage VMware Cloud on AWS as an effective workload destination during disaster recovery.

This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net

World’s First Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Data Fabric with Initial support for VMware Cloud - Welcome Datrium CloudShift!

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 08:14:35 +0000

Ok, you got here! However, before you start reading and give up in the middle of a long post, let me tell you that what Datrium is announcing today is a generational improvement to existing Disaster Recovery and Hybrid Cloud platforms for many reasons – so it is crucial to understand how we got here.

Shocking datacenter reality?

Sat, 11 Aug 2018 09:47:12 +0000

That's enough; I am in pain!

That is what a prospect transpired to me recently. I could see his face of desperation as he told me in details the current challenges his team faces in integrating datacenter products and technologies.

HCI or Not? Understand the Datrium solution in a 3 minutes read

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 06:57:00 +0000

As a newer market player that implements a game-changing architecture that accelerates applications, simplifies infrastructure management, and combine data protection in a single solution I am frequently asked what precisely Datrium does, and if Datrium is HCI or not.

Is Datrium HCI or Not? A duality dilemma.

If you view HCI as being the physical bundling of computing and storage, and sometimes networking (NFV) in a single box, maybe it's not. However, if you consider HCI as the seamless and delightful user experience to operate data centers that enact similarities with public clouds such as pay-as-you-go and simplicity, then yes.

Hands Down the Ultimate VDI Platform - 2018 Review

Mon, 14 May 2018 08:46:21 +0000

Back in 2014 when I left VMware and joined Nutanix, I wrote two articles entitled "Hands Down the Ultimate VDI platform" (here and here) explaining how hyperconvergence and more specifically Nutanix were the perfect platforms for running VDI - and in all honesty that was one of the primary reasons I left VMware EUC CTO Office. I saw the opportunity to help thousands of organizations struggling with VDI deployments....and I was right, hyperconvergence is pretty much the default deployment model for VDI nowadays.

Is there an Optimization Limit for Applications and Databases? PostgreSQL and Datrium Demonstration.

Sun, 18 Mar 2018 17:00:44 +0000

No matter how much you tune and optimize your application workload, there's always something else that can take the performance a little further, besides of course replacing the physical hardware with something a little more modern and faster.

I wrote an article entitled "PostgreSQL Benchmark on Datrium – 4.3 Million TPS with 1 GB RAM – and some Frustration!" a little while ago, and then I published another short post on 'Software-Defined-Storage Architectures, a gift that keeps on giving! PostgreSQL and Datrium.' demonstrating performance improvements driven by software-defined-storage stacks while leveraging microprocessor advancements.

Datrium DVX makes EC2 and HCI seem like Complex Old Systems

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:03:53 +0000

While setting up couple AWS EC2 instances a few days ago, I noticed that despite the higher level abstraction and orchestration provided by cloud services I still needed to understand quite a lot about application behavior to properly stand-up a solution that would cater for my business. Luckily I was just playing around with some open-source software and the configuration did not matter that much, but it could have been very different if I was dealing with production systems and applications.

Datrium The Only HCI Platform to Achieve End-to-End FIPS 140-2 Cryptographic Certification

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 12:56:43 +0000

Datrium’s Blanket encryption is already an industry-first, providing software-based (without hardware dependencies) end-to-end encryption. Datrium’s client software runs as part of the hypervisor and is uniquely able to provide cluster-wide encryption domain with full data services, such as compression, de-duplication, and erasure coding.

Datrium DVX Architecture with Devin Hamilton

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:29:18 +0000

We have partnered with @vBrownBag and @thectoadvisor to demonstrate the simplicity of the Datrium solution. In this video, Devin Hamilton, our Director of System Engineering, talks with Alastair Cooke about Datrium DVX Architecture and Open Convergence overview.

Open Convergence is really, kind of the combination of all the greatest things that SAN ever provided, all the greatest things that HCI ever provided, and none of their pitfalls. - Devin Halmilton

Beyond Hyperconvergence with ActualTech Media

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 08:00:55 +0000

What lies beyond hyperconvergence? Last week Mike McLaughlin and I had the wonderful opportunity to present on the ActualTech Media Converged and Hyperconverged Webinar. The team at ActualTech Media is doing a phenomenal job, and the event had over 330 attendees with many great questions and many companies asking for direct follow up with Datrium.As part of the webinar

Citrix and Datrium Unlock Flash-based Economics for 6,000 AF Desktops at $9 per User

Mon, 13 Nov 2017 07:13:48 +0000

Couple weeks back I had the wonderful opportunity to present Datrium tech and the Open Convergence evolution alongside my colleague Mike McLaughlin and the Citrix Ready team. Along with LoginVSI we crafted and validated a reference architecture for 6,000 XenDesktop virtual desktops running on a single Datrium platform while enjoying benefits of AllFlash performance at a cost of $9 per month per user over a three year ROI (list prices).

Talking with homelaber.com.br on Datrium and OCI

Fri, 06 Oct 2017 09:48:51 +0000

During VMworld US I has the opportunity to chat in Portuguese with Valdecir Carvalho (@homelaber) from homelaber.com.br. Valdecir has been doing a great job with the VMUG in Sao Paulo, Brazil and was curious about the Open Convergence innovation that Datrium is bringing to the market and in what ways OCI differs from HCI. I had a blast and hard time giving an interview in Portuguese, but the outcome was excellent. Valdecir, thanks for the opportunity to talk to your readers.

Is Datrium the Best Platform Ever for Oracle RAC?

Sun, 01 Oct 2017 21:55:26 +0000

Last week Datrium announced (here) a partnership with Oracle and the support for Oracle RAC (Real Application Clusters). As part of the announcement, we stated that the main reasons for running RAC on Datrium are:

What makes Datrium VSS Snapshots Special & Better?

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:57:42 +0000

VSS (Volume Shadow-Copy Service) is a Microsoft Windows service that allows backup and snapshot applications to “quiesce” applications –, i.e., put them on a consistent on-disk state before taking a backup. Application-consistent snapshots are used to ensure on-disk consistency for applications, and they can also help reduce recovery time for database applications.

Datrium DVX Cloud to AWS Cloud in Less than 60 Seconds

Sun, 27 Aug 2017 09:51:44 +0000

In this version of the Datrium DVX we are demonstrating archival of snapshots from the on-prem DVX to AWS S3 without ever leaving vCenter UI. This presents our customers with the ability to protect their infrastructure data both in the on-prem DVX cloud and off site in AWS DVX cloud repositories.

Real-World Microsoft SQL Server Performance on Datrium DVX

Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:20:43 +0000

We have recently released a white paper on Microsoft SQL Server, and the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the “real-world” performance of a virtualized Microsoft SQL Server running on the Datrium platform; and I emphasize “real-world” because absolute performance more often than not, is not the only design consideration.

My Presentation on Real-World MSSQL Server Performance Benchmark

Wed, 16 Aug 2017 09:28:27 +0000

Howdy!

It's been an exciting week at Datrium with the release of our new payload (here) that delivers incredible performance numbers for virtualized and bare-metal applications. Yesterday I also gave a presentation on Real-World MS SQL Server Performance Benchmark running on Datrium DVX - my bit start at 27:25s. Enjoy!

Datrium 3.0 Features Overview (Beyond Marketing) – Part 2

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 08:01:43 +0000

Last month Datrium announced the first part of the DVX 3.0 payload and I blogged here; and today we are announcing the second part. In the first announcement, Datrium took us where no HCI vendor has been before, offering not only a multi-hypervisor platform (VMware vSphere, RedHat Virtualization and Open-source KVM on CentOS hosts), but also adding support for bare-metal containers on Linux hosts, both with granular data management.

Datrium 3.0 Features Overview (Beyond Marketing) – Part 1

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 08:49:50 +0000

What an amazing ride it has been so far; Datrium has been everything I hoped it would be, from technology and engineering to sales and management teams. This is my first Datrium “Beyond Marketing” series post, and I am covering the release of DVX 3.0.

More Network Performance and Resiliency without LACP, at least w/ Datrium Adaptive Pathing

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 08:05:01 +0000

Isn't awesome when a function that could only be done using specialized hardware get's to be implemented via software? Software Is Eating the World - that's the case with the new Adaptive Pathing.

A new Adaptive Pathing feature introduced with DVX 2.0 improves the overall aggregate storage bandwidth and reliability, without adding the usual LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol ) management overhead and complexity.

VDI Calculator 7.2 Now Available w/ Support for Workspot

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:23:01 +0000

Today I am releasing version 7.2 of the VDI Calculator, and the key feature is the addition of support for Workspot.

Workspot is a multi-tenant cloud-first solution, where the operational components of management, brokering, load balancing and more are all included in the cloud service. Their solution can be deployed on Microsoft Azure or using traditional datacenter constructs, such as SAN, or HCI platforms such as Nutanix, VSAN, and Datrium.

Is your data safe? A deeper look at Datrium In-Flight and At-Rest AES-XTS-256 encryption

Sun, 04 Jun 2017 17:02:05 +0000

I am starting to discuss some of the features and design aspects that got me enthusiastic about Datrium tech. A feature that has been driving many interesting conversations with customers is the new Blanket Encryption. First, let's obertewind a bit.

Top vBlog 2017 is now Open. Please Vote and Support Bloggers!

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 09:37:44 +0000

Eric Siebert has opened the Top vBlog for this year's voting with sponsorship support from Turbonomic. This blog myvirtualcloud.net has ranked 14th place for the last four years, coming down from the 17th and 39th in years before.

All bloggers do an excellent job, using their personal time to share experiences and challenges with the broader community. I also found myself in work and technology transition, moving companies and trying to talk and demonstrate different viewpoints and technologies.

In the Hybrid Cloud, datasets must follow applications, not the other way around… and many are doing it wrong.

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 09:35:44 +0000

The definition of Hybrid Cloud may differ by implementation type or vendor, but a common description is that a Hybrid Cloud connects two discrete computing platforms sharing the ability to execute and burst the same set of applications and workloads.

Nutanix SCMA - The security feature that could save your organization!

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:52:40 +0000

One of my favorite Nutanix features doesn't get a lot of Marketing attention, because it's kind of boring - but it is extremely important, and as far as I know Nutanix is the only hyper-converged platform to deliver this kind of in-depth and self-healing security approach.

Nutanix 5.0 Features Overview (Beyond Marketing) - Part 4

Sat, 10 Dec 2016 17:18:34 +0000

This is a 4 part blog series.