Ask the Experts

Ask the Experts

• Offloaded Data Transfer speeds up reads and writes in Hyper-V

  Storage expert Brien Posey explains how Offloaded Data Transfer, a new feature of Hyper-V 3.0, works to perform tasks quicker.  Continue Reading

• Hyper-V 3.0's Virtual Fibre Channel: Direct connection to FC storage

  Hyper-V 3.0's Virtual Fibre Channel allows VMs to directly connect to FC-based storage, facilitating clustering and allowing broader virtualization.  Continue Reading

• How Hyper-V storage migration has improved in version 3.0

  Storage expert Brien Posey compares VMware Storage vMotion and Hyper-V Live Storage Migration, with a look at how they work.  Continue Reading

• Virtual machine storage simplified in Hyper-V 3.0

  Hyper-V 3.0 simplifies virtual machine storage by eliminating Cluster Shared Volumes requirement and adding option to use file servers for storage.  Continue Reading

• Hyper-V 3.0 features include SMB 2.2, better migration, dedupe

  Storage expert Brien Posey discusses storage-related improvements in Hyper-V 3.0, including Shared Nothing Live Migration and data deduplication.  Continue Reading

• PCIe flash, caching software and power consumption

  Marc Staimer discusses PCIe flash cache management as well as HDD and SSD power consumption in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• Hyper-V vs. vSphere storage types

  Storage expert Brien Posey discusses Hyper-V vs. vSphere storage support in the latest versions of the respective virtualization platforms.  Continue Reading

• Shared-nothing live migration eliminates Hyper-V shared storage rule

  Introduced in Hyper-V 3.0, shared-nothing live migration eliminates the need for shared storage in live migration, simplifying the building of clusters.  Continue Reading

• How to add flash to arrays for improved Tier 0 performance

  Find out whether adding flash to an existing array will result in a high-performance Tier 0 in this Expert Response from Marc Staimer.  Continue Reading

• Adding SSD to a tiered storage system

  Find out whether you need to invest in new management software when adding SSD to a tiered storage system in this Expert Response from Marc Staimer.  Continue Reading

• VDI infrastructure and storage platform choices: SAN vs. NAS, Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI

  Read up on how SAN and NAS compare in terms of their ability to support a VDI infrastructure, and then drill down for details on Fibre Channel SAN vs. iSCSI SAN.  Continue Reading

• Solving VDI performance issues with flash cards, SSD and software options

  Find out how to address VDI performance issues that occur during boot storms or login storms with flash cards; SSD; or software solutions, such as Atlantis Computing’s ILIO.  Continue Reading

• How to perform VDI storage sizing

  Find out what factors are involved in VDI storage sizing, including typical desktop operating system, version numbers, application virtualization and user data.  Continue Reading

• Persistent VDI vs. non-persistent VDI and their effect on storage resources

  Learn the difference between persistent VDI and non-persistent VDI, how they affect storage and which one carries advantages in terms of capacity and backup requirements.  Continue Reading

• Storage’s impact on the VDI user experience

  Learn about the storage demands in a VDI environment and why a consistent I/O response time is so critical to the VDI user experience and get a ballpark estimate for IOPS requirements.  Continue Reading