In the current virtualization landscape and the foreseeable future, free offerings continue to make legitimate claims to datacenters of all sizes. I want to focus on the free version of VMware ESXi in ...

We looking to make the move to a multiple ESXi host + shared storage (i.e. SAN) environment. I have the servers specked out for VMware 2 HP DL360G7 with dual 6 core procs and 48GB of ram per server.

I'm looking to build a single ESXi server (Free Edition for now) for home lab usage. I know the basics of what I'll be getting (Quad-core Ivy Bridge or Haswell / 32GB mem / quad-port NIC), but storage ...

VMware storage entails more than simply mapping a logical unit number (LUN) to a physical server. VMware’s vSphere enables system administrators to create multiple virtual servers on a single physical ...

VMware’s vSphere and Microsoft’s Hyper-V are the two leading platforms for server virtualization. Although they provide similar features and functionality, the way they manage storage for virtual ...

With all the talk of DevOps, containers, and digital transformation, the virtual machine (VM) remains at the core of the modern data center. The VM has proved to be a resilient part of the abstracted ...