Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 5.1, provides performance tips that cover the most performance-critical areas of VMware vSphere 5.1. It is not intended as a comprehensive guide for planning and configuring your deployments.
- Chapter 1, βHardware for Use with VMware vSphere,β provides guidance on selecting hardware for use with vSphere.
- Chapter 2, βESXi and Virtual Machines,β provides guidance regarding VMware ESXi software and the virtual machines that run in it.
- Chapter 3, βGuest Operating Systems,β provides guidance regarding the guest operating systems running in vSphere virtual machines.
- Chapter 4, βVirtual Infrastructure Management,β provides guidance regarding infrastructure management best practices.
This book is intended for system administrators who are planning a VMware vSphere 5.1 deployment and want to maximize its performance. The book assumes the reader is already familiar with VMware vSphere concepts and terminology.
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