Finally got around to posting the recording of the “Ask the Expert” Storage Group Discussion at VMworld 2010 Copenhagen (BTW thank you Marcel van den Berg for recording it!)
I was honored to be “the expert” (something I don’t consider myself!), and for this I parked my EMC badge, as it was a VMware forum, and we had a broad representation of people (not just EMC).
I would suggest this is HIGHLY recommended (the Canadian way of saying “mandatory”) viewing for VMware and Storage Vendor product managers – some great customer/VMware partner feedback in here.
Topic range from the usual protocol debate (sigh), to what things people find useful, what they find problematic – ultimately to what they want us to be improving. Was fascinating to see how much emphasis there was on “the basics”, and a great deal of reluctance to leverage things that I personally would consider “tested and mature”. Highlights how much we need to remember the fundamentals as we continue to deliver new coolness.
This forum was a new thing for VMware and VMworlds – I think it was great, and the session feedback was positive, hope to do it again!!!
For the people who attended, THANK YOU. I wish we had recorded the session in San Francisco!
VMworld 2010 - Storage Group Discussion from Chad Sakac on Vimeo.
Great video. Thank you for posting it for those of us who couldn't be there.
Posted by: Jameel Sarangi | November 10, 2010 at 12:51 AM
Really terrific video, it's great to see VMware and yourself taking such great steps forward to solve the ongoing storage problems that exist in so many infrastructures. Also thanks very much for the mention of Virtual Instruments Chad starting at 55:20! You're spot on with your comments...unlike any other VMware Partner, only Virtual Instruments can find the I/O bottleneck resulting from VMware deployments in mission critical applications. It's good to see an expert like yourself validate what we are seeing in the marketplace...until the I/O visibility issue is solved, customers will continue to be challenged with virtualizing mission critical applications on their FC storage!
Posted by: Alex D'Anna, Virtual Instruments Solutions Consulting | November 10, 2010 at 04:53 PM
One of the best Storage / VMware discussions I have ever sat in (even though I wasn't there!) Great that this was recorded and shared. Great question on VMFS and striping and can't wait to see what changes you alluded to that are going to occur with VMFS. Also a nice breakdown of VAAI and the primitives, good to know as we look to go in that direction. Most fascinating was the question on end to end I/O and not being able to see into the SAN fabric and how this causes performance problems. As a SAN admin I would love to know more about what VMware are doing with regards to looking into the SAN fabric and how this could possibly integrate with VAAI and SIOC.
Overall highly enjoyable and recommended viewing!
Posted by: Craig Sanderson | November 11, 2010 at 08:34 AM
@Jameel, @Alex, @Craig - THANKS!
It really was a great session - was very glad to be there, and look fwd to doing it again!!!!
Posted by: Chad Sakac | November 12, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Great vid. Thanks for posting. Any resource is a good resource.
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