Bappa Sinha

22 Mar: Caching on VMware ESXi

Caching is used to accelerate storage performance on VMWare ESXi hosts. Several different approaches to perform caching on VMware ESXi were commercially available. Over the years, VirtuCache has emerged as the most preferred caching solution for VMware deployments. VirtuCache caches all VM reads and writes to in-host cache, and it…

08 Mar: Why is VDI Slow?

“VDI is slow” is usually one of the most common complaints in VMWare deployments. There are many root causes for the perceived poor performance of VDI. Administrators often waste precious time chasing the wrong problems. This article lists the usual suspects so that they can quickly address end-user complaints. Long…