
For a long time, customers have been able to use the Broadcom Compatibility Guide to check which ESX versions their servers are compatible with. With VCF 9, this type of validation has become even more important. However, what if you have several different server models in your environment? With that in mind, I developed a…

Recently, Broadcom published an architecture diagram that defines the maximum supported latency between the components of VMware Cloud Foundation. This material brought more clarity and made life easier for VCF architects, especially when planning multi-site environments. Since most VMware customers already have VMware solutions implemented (vSphere, Aria Operations, NSX), I created a script to evaluate…

In this second part, we’ll explore how the types of disks used in a host or cluster can directly influence the behavior and construction of a vSAN ESA cluster. In my last article, Asymmetry in vSAN ESA – Part 1: What You Need to Know, I explained what it means to have an asymmetrical cluster and…