Optimizing vCPU Configuration for Enhanced Performance on VMware ESXi

In a virtualized environment, proper configuration of virtual CPUs (vCPUs) is crucial to ensure optimal performance and resource utilization. One aspect of vCPU configuration is the distribution of sockets and cores, which can significantly impact the performance of applications running on virtual machines (VMs). This article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of vCPU configuration … Read more

How to determine VMware Host Storage Multipath enabled or disabled?

VSphereWebClient-MultipathCheck

It is always recommended to have storage multipath enabled for the VMware hosts and this will be managed by the Storage team in the background. Storage vendor could be anyone like HP, EMC, IBM, DELL, Brocade, Cisco, NetApp, QLogic etc. System Admin should aware in their working environment whether multipath enabled for all the VM … Read more

3TB logical drive, does Windows OS supports?

3TBstorageLUN-Limitations

Microsoft Windows OS supports up to 2TB of lun whether it is NAS or SAN storage disk, even the spanned volumes also limited to the 2TB size. Now the question arises how to attach 3 Terabyte lun via SAN storage to a windows server operating system. This could be either Physical or Virtual Microsoft OS. … Read more