Links collection #1

Here is a collection of some interesting articles & papers I stumbled upon last week.
This list is mainly for my own record and allow me to not keep a web browser with more than 20 tabs opened over one month. 🙂

Sure “cloud bookmarks” solutions are great. There is plenty of them out there, and I use them.
But the drawbacks are the following :
– it’s quicker for me to write down that link rather than struggling with folder and tags,
– I would need my credentials or an agent to access my bookmarks,
– it could be lengthy to find back that link 2 years later,
– that link is maybe only needed on a temporary basis or particular context, and do not deserve a bookmark.

Finally, I think it’s easier to share with others over a blog (no need to affiliate on a profile, etc …).
So, after this long introduction, here is “Link Collection #1”.

EMC VPLEX

1. RecoverPoint Comes Clean with VPLEX (clearpathsg)
2. Interesting use cases for VPLEX (vijay swami)
3. A Deeper Look at VPLEX (Scott Lowe)

vMSC (vSphere Metro Streched Cluster)

1. vSphere Metro Stretched Cluster with vSphere 5.5 and PDL AutoRemove (longwhiteclouds)

VMFS & VMDK

1. Support for virtual machine disks larger than 2 TB in vSphere 5.5 (2058287) (vmware)
2. vsphere 5.5 Jumbo VMDK Deep dive (longwhiteclouds)

vSphere, vCenter & vCloud Director 5.5

1. VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 5.5 deployment tips and tricks (ivobeerens)
2. Top 10 things you must read about vSphere 5.5 (vsphere land)

3. Comparison of vCloud Director Maximums 1.5 / 5.1 / 5.5 (virtualizationexpress)

4. Comparison of vSphere Maximums 5.1 / 5.5 (vsphere land)

5. vCenter, vSphere & vCloud Director 5.5 configuration maximums (vmware)
6. vCloud Director 5.1 Configuration Maximums (2036392) (vmware)
7. vSphere 5.1 configuration maximums (vmware)

Open Source Clouds

1. Beyond Chef and Puppet: Ten essential DevOps tools (TechTarget)