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Download The VMworld 2009 Presentation on IO DRS

A common question from those that did not get to attend VMware Partner Exchange 2010 has been “So, tell me about what you saw that you can’t tell everyone about!” Unfortunately, like Maverick in the movie Top Gun said, “It’s classified. I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.”

On the other hand, more and more information is starting to surface on the web. I can neither confirm or deny that all features and version numbers will be available or released as reported, but the TechTarget folks have put together a couple of good summary articles for those who interested in a little more information on a possible future roadmap of VMware vSphere and VMware View. Check the following articles for a round up of general speculation and reaction during and after the PEX 2010 conference. Most of the sources used are credible. (That last comment will make more sense to you after you follow the links)

VMware to add memory compression, I-O resource management to next vSphere

“The next release of VMware’s vSphere will add memory compression, I/O resource management and better VMotion performance, according to attendees of last week’s VMware Partner Exchange in Las Vegas. If the company architects these features as promised, they could improve performance and resource utilization of VMware environments.”

VMware vies for virtual desktop dominance with View 4.5

“The upcoming version of VMware’s VDI software will better integrate its desktop and server virtualization software and expand the role of its ThinApp application virtualization software, all in an effort to extend its server virtualization dominance to the desktop.”

The above quotes are just the opening paragraphs of each TechTarget article. Read the rest for the details.

To use another quote from the movie Top Gun,

you might now be having a similar conversation with yourself about “piloting” over to TechTarget:

“Goose: No. No, Mav, this is not a good idea.”
“Maverick: Sorry, Goose, but it’s time to buzz a tower.”

TA3461 – Tech Preview IO DRS: VM Performance Isolation in Shared Storage Environments

Since I’ve specifically posted about IO DRS already, I thought I would point out that VMworld 2009 had a very interesting tech preview session about the proposed feature.

Here’s some of the Session Abstract:

“… we introduce IO DRS, an experimental system that enforces proportional-share fairness among VMs accessing shared storage, independent of the type of storage array used. Each virtual machine is assigned IO shares and limits which IO DRS uses to provide proportional IO allocation. We also present some preliminary results showing how it can be used to provide differential quality of service for unmodified virtual machines while maintaining high efficiency.”

For those that have a VMworld.com account go to the TA3461 session page and download both the .pdf and the .mp3 for the audio recording of the presentation.

For those that don’t have a VMworld 2009 account (or don’t feel like “buzzing that tower” right now), here’s a copy of the TA3461 Session slides in .pdf !

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