Use Cases For Fluid Cache For SAN With DELL Compellent In High Performance Virtualization With Windows 2012 R2

Fluid Cache For SAN At Dell World 2013 in Austin Texas I spent some time talking to engineers & managers about Fluid Cache For SAN. The demo in the keynote was enough to grab my distinct attention, especially as a … Continue reading

Don’t Let Live Migration Settings Behavior Confuse You

Configuring live migration settings on a cluster In the cluster under Networks, Live Migration Settings you can select what networks are available for live migration and their order of preference. Basically this setting determines what NICs can be used. It … Continue reading

Live Migration Can Benefit From Jumbo Frames

Does live migration benefit from Jumbo frames? This question always comes back so I’d just blog it hear again even if I have mentioned it as part of other blog posts. Yes it does! How do I know. Because I’ve … Continue reading

Enabling Jumbo Frames Inside Virtual Machines Enhances Throughput & Reduces CPU Load

Let’s play a bit with a Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster with 2*10Gbps Intel X520 teamed switch independent and in dynamic mode, which is optimal for DVMQ. On these NICs we enabled Jumbo frames (and on the switches of … Continue reading