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[Review]: VMware vSphere APIs for I/O Filtering (VAIO)

VMware vSphere APIs for I/O Filtering (VAIO)

This is not a new features on last vSphere version but I went to write a post about that. We had to deploy different replication scenarios for our customers and some customers needs Point-In-Time Recovery (PiT) and The PiT solutions using VAIO actually so learning about the API is necessary for administrators.

The vSphere APIs for I/O Filtering (VAIO) were introduced in vSphere 6.0 Update 1. The VAIO framework and program were developed to provide VMware and partners the ability to insert filters for I/O into the data path of virtual machines. These “I/O Filters” enable VMware, and partners, to intercept and manipulate the I/O. This manipulation can provide open-ended data services, but thus far is limited to four use cases, two of which are currently exclusive to VMware and two which are open for partners. These use cases are: Replication, Caching, Quality of service (VMware only), Encryption (VMware only).

[Review]: Undocumented VMware VMX Configuration Parameters

VMware VMX Configuration Parameters Using undocumented configuration parameters at your own risk, so don’t use configurations that you don’t know its impact. AIOMGR aiomgr.noContinueOnFailure aiomgr.numThreads aiomgr.simple aiomgr.unbuf ANSWER answer.msg.serial.disconnect BIOS bios.bootDelay bios.bootDeviceClasses bios.bootOrder bios.bootRetry.delay bios.bootRetry.enabled bios.forceSetupOnce bios.hddOrder CBTMOTION (Change Block…

[Review]: What is Container Linux?

Container Linux - Clustering

Container Linux Container Linux by Core OS (Core OS Linux) is a lightweight operating system which developed for servers and cluster under Apache License 2.0 . Initial release was October 3, 2013, 4 years ago and latest stable release is 1576.5.0 January 5, 2018. Container Linux has…

[Review]: What’s vSAN ReadyNode?

vSAN ReadyNode Configurator - vSAN OEM

vSAN ReadyNode are x86 servers, available from all the leading server vendors, that have been pre-configured, tested and certified for VMware Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Software. Each ReadyNodes is optimally configured for vSAN with the required amount of CPU, memory, network, I/O controllers and storage (SSDs, HDDs or flash devices).