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Did VMware Just Reinvent Itself?
I was fortunate enough to speak at and attend this year’s VMworld USA conference in Las Vegas last week. I caught a small announcement there that I found absolutely intriguing, and feel it could be a revolution in the world of VMware and on-premises virtualization.
Last week, they quietly announced that Amazon Relational Database Services (RDS) will soon be able to be used on your on-premises VMware environment. Very few other details were released, but the RDS web page has a signup form for preview program.
The power of the cloud is largely in the automation that it provides. Our experience has shown that most organizations have fantastic on-prem virtualization but lack the automation to provide a solid end-user self-provisioning platform. The automation in the cloud is one of the primary drivers for cloud adoption.
Did VMware Corp. just expand to become the on-premises extension of Amazon to allow corporations to gain the power of Amazon cloud automation but on their existing on-prem IT investment?
Is this the first service of many to be offered?
Microsoft Azure Stack was an absolute game changer when it launched. I love every bit of it, and we use it in a number of shops to contribute to DevOps initiatives to help IT move as fast as the business. The only downside to Azure Stack is that it must be deployed for production purposes on certified hardware, and that list is small and rather pricey. Consistent hardware is a bonus when keeping the experience constant and predictable, but most organizations are not able to leverage their current IT platform investments to deploy Azure Stack because it is not completely certified for Azure Stack. The expense of a new investment in equipment is most likely hurting adoption.
I’ve been thinking about this for years now. I actually thought that this would happen in a daydream over two years ago. What if the Amazon automation deployment doesn’t require special hardware to run when on-prem? What if it will run on a certified and supported VMware deployment, of which there are millions of such deployments worldwide? How does this change the private cloud game?
Only time will tell. We’re eagerly watching this one. I can’t wait to see if anything new will be announced at Microsoft Ignite in a few weeks!
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Heraflux and CRN at VMworld 2018
Heraflux is proud to have contributed to a few news releases from CRN at this year’s VMworld conference in Las Vegas. David Klee was there presenting on SQL Server on VMware related topics, was interviewed by CRN for his thoughts on the current state of VMware, and contributed to the conversation around networking.
Networking has been historically fragmented,” he said. “So, if you can turn it around…lock it down better, make it more streamlined and more automated, especially around NSX, then we can be closer to a more secure environment.
Read more on this release here.
Next, the interview talked more about networking here.
Finally, David spoke about the announcements that came from this year’s conference.
This was an exciting conference, and we are thrilled to work with CRN on these announcements!
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VMworld 2018 USA Direct Playback Links
VMware has prepared and released the video recordings from this year’s VMworld 2018 USA conference that was held in Las Vegas last week in an incredibly short time. William Lam (@lamw) has prepared the links into one consumable format at GitHub so you can watch them as you find the time. Check them out!
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SQL Server Content at VMworld 2018
The SQL Server content at this year’s VMworld 2018 USA is phenomenal, and we want to share our recommended sessions for you to attend.
First, Oleg Ulyanov from VMware Corp. and I are presenting a full-day boot camp on running and managing high performance SQL Servers on the VMware platform (VAP3768WU) this Sunday. We will cover a plethora of topics, such as disk presentation, vCPU scheduling, vNUMA, and high availability.
Oleg is also presenting with Divya Sethi session called Highly Available Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere (VAP3687BU) and MS SQL Server on the virtual platform (MTE5027U). Both should be outstanding!
Oleg is a machine with another session called Monitoring Business-Critical Applications: Doing It Right (VAP1448BU) where he’ll discuss monitoring and important KPIs for these systems.
David Morse and Todd Muirhead are presenting a session called Performance of SQL Server, Oracle, and SAP Workloads in VMware Cloud on AWS (VAP1492BU). This session should cover many of the performance topics for these systems that are near and dear to our hearts.
Next, Thomas LaRock from SolarWinds (@sqlrockstar) and I will be presenting a session called “Performance Deep Dive for Demanding Virtual Database Servers” (VAP1425BU). We’ll be discussing advanced performance-related topics such as CPU scheduling and vNUMA, “right-sizing” for both performance and licensing, virtual disks and performance discrepancies, and general operational efficiency.
Next, Michael Corey from LicenseFortress (@michael_corey) and I will be presenting a session called “Database Virtualization (Monster VMs) with VMware vSphere: Doing IT Right” (VAP1296BU), which is an updated version of the continued track of performance-related tips and tricks. Come see us laugh our way through over a hundred slides packed full of things you can take back to your environments!
Finally, I have a vBrownBag session called “Database vDisks and You” (VMTN5520U), where I’ll talk about all of the various layers of queueing between the SQL Server database and the enterprise SAN, and how to measure and monitor these layers, plus discuss ways to performance tune each layer.
Come learn more about how to manage and tune your SQL Servers at this incredible conference! We’ll see you there!
Rubrik Buzzword Bingo Podcast
We recently recorded a podcast for Rubrik’s Buzzword Bingo podcast series where we discussed how the public cloud is changing the database protection architectures worldwide. Check it out!
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