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How to build a private cloud with VMware Cloud Foundation in 3 hours?
vmware, vsan, vcf Charles Chow 5/18/20 vmware, vsan, vcf Charles Chow 5/18/20

How to build a private cloud with VMware Cloud Foundation in 3 hours?

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Singapore vFORUM - The vWarrior Championships 2018!!
vmware, lab, vforum Charles Chow 8/28/18 vmware, lab, vforum Charles Chow 8/28/18

Singapore vFORUM - The vWarrior Championships 2018!!

Have you spent countless hours in the lab hammering away on the keyboard? Teased for being a lab-nerd? Ears ringing from too much fan noise? Self proclaimed VMware know-it-all and junkie? Waiting to showcase your skills?

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Caveat : Running Nested vSAN on a vSAN Cluster
troubleshooting, vmware, vsan Charles Chow 3/14/18 troubleshooting, vmware, vsan Charles Chow 3/14/18

Caveat : Running Nested vSAN on a vSAN Cluster

Big fan of William Lam's PowerCLI script for deploying multiple Nested ESXi VM's for demo and POC purposes (link). Had to tweak it slightly for what I wanted it to do.

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Run File Services on vSAN with IsilonSD
vsan, nas, emc, dell Charles Chow 3/6/18 vsan, nas, emc, dell Charles Chow 3/6/18

Run File Services on vSAN with IsilonSD

Recently, received a request for large single namespace file server on vSAN. Given vSAN today don't yet support file services, the options are 3rd party solutions such as Dell EMC IsilonSD Edge, Dell EMC CloudArray or NetApp OnTAP Select vNAS.

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New SuperMicro SYS-E200-8D Lab Gear!
lab, vmware, vsan Charles Chow 2/13/18 lab, vmware, vsan Charles Chow 2/13/18

New SuperMicro SYS-E200-8D Lab Gear!

Got myself some new lab kit while I was in Palo Alto a couple of weeks ago. Decided perhaps its time to up the ante onto some decent, pseudo “Enterprise” gear for lab use.

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