Posts Tagged ‘View 5.0’
VMware View 5.1 host caching using vSphere 5’s CBRC
August 31st, 2012 | 
Author: I have seen different implementations of read caching in arrays and even inside hosts, just to be able to cope with boot storms of VDI workloads. When using linked clones caching really helps; all the VDIs being booted perform massive reads from a very small portion of the infrastructure: the replica(s). VMware came up with a nice software solution to this: Why not sacrifice some memory inside the vSphere nodes to accommodate read caching there? This is what CBRC (vSphere 5) or Host Caching (View 5.1) is all about. And… It really works!
What happens during a boot storm
First of all, we need to figure out what happens during a boot storm. Even wondered just how much data Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Storage, VDI and VMware View, VMware | 
Tags: All-fash Array, All-flash, CBRC, Content Based Read Caching, EMC, EMC FAST, FAST-cache, Flash Cache, FlashCache, NetApp, read cache, VDI, View, View 5.0, View 5.1, VMware View, VMware View 5.0, VMware View 5.1, WAFL, Whiptail, write cache | 
3 Comments »
LinkedIn
Twitter