Dutch VMUG - 2

Some things never change, or do they? vSphere is getting new and improved features with every release. These features change the characteristics and performance of the virtual machines. If you are not up to speed, you will probably manage your environment based on old and inaccurate information. The vMythbusters have collected a series of interesting hot topics that we have seen widely discussed in virtualization communities, on blogs and on Twitter. We’ve put these topics to the test in our lab to determine if they are a myth or not.

• Defrag your Guest OS disks for best performance
• E1000 is faster than VMXNET3
• CBT causes significant overhead on your VMs
• HA datastore heartbeats prevents host isolation
• LSI SCSI is always better than Paravirtual SCSI

Mythbusters_Dutch_VMUG.pdf

Viktor van den Berg is ramping up. He has presented a great line-up of speakers who are going to deliver the most awesome sessions at the Dutch VMUG event. If you didn’t register yet, there's still a chance. Make sure you mark the 9th of December in your agenda. More information can be found here.

Here’s the list with the celebrities:

• Alan Renouf, Senior Technical Marketing, VMware
• Andre van der Werff, Senior Systems Engineer, VMware
• Bob de Kousemaeker, Principal Product Manager, RES Software
• Bouke Groenescheij, Freelance Consultant, jume.nl
• Cormac Hogan, Technical Marketing Manager for Storage, VMware
• Duncan Epping, Principal Architect, Technical Marketing, VMware
• Eric Sloof, Freelance Trainer/Consultant, Famous Blogger, NTPRO.NL
• Gabrie van Zanten, gabesvirtualworld.com / Consultant - OpenLine
• Henk Arts, Senior System Engineer, Veeam Software
• Jeroen van de Kamp, CTO, Login Consultants
• Luc Dekens, System Engineer, Eurocontrol Maastricht
• Marcel Steenman, Senior Technical Consultant, Platani
• Mattias Sundling, Virtualization Expert, Quest
• Michael Heffernan, Global Chief Technologist Virtualisatie, Hitachi Data Systems
• Raymon Epping, Technical Account Manager, Professional Services, VMware
• Ruben Spruijt, Technology Officer, PQR
• Stefan Willems, Senior Solution Architect, Platani
• Verron Martina, vSpecialist, EMC
• Viktor van den Berg, VMware Consultant, PQR, Dutch VMUG Leader

We all know that Viktor van den Berg was this year’s real professional photographer at the Dutch VMUG Event 2010 but nevertheless here is my small contribution.

My virtualization friend Remon Lam who works as a VMware Consultant  in the Netherlands and is running VirtualClouds.info has recorded my complete VMUG 2010 session on video. Besides that he converted it and did an upload to vimeo last night. Kudos and many thanks go out to Remon. For the attendees who want to see it again because I was talking pretty fast or people that were not able to attend it’s available online, the full 45 minutes. If you want to run through the slides while I’m presenting, you can get your copy here. I hope you will enjoy it and don’t fall asleep. :-)

iPad: http://player.vimeo.com/video/17711772?color=24ff95

This year’s Dutch VMUG Event 2010 video contains a lot of awesome impressions I’ve captured during the day. I want to thank all the 750 attendees for visiting this great event. The video is a compilation of the start-up, some sessions I attended, the workshops, the food and drinks and at the end of the day all the lucky prize winners.

Here's the link to the Dutch VMUG Event 2010 Video for iPad users http://bit.ly/gHV0Ej