While designing a vSAN based platform for a customer lately, I was looking into NVMe based ReadyNodes which needed to run ESXi 6.7 U3. While looking for a specific Dell rackmount config in the VMware Compatibility Guide, something caught my interest. Those were the lines at the bottom of the Read more…
Since a while now, customers show an increasingly interest in data-at-rest encryption. vSphere has build-in encryption features since the 6.5 version. I wrote this post to show how Equinix SmartKey can help implementing these encryption features without buying HSM appliances yourself. Since I started working with the SmartKey product, I Read more…
This VMworld (2019 EU), I went for the vSAN Specialist 2019 exam (5V0-21.19) and associated badge. My current (2017 version) badge recently got retired so it was time for an update. The badge itself is only issued if you are VCP6-DCV, VCP6.5-DCV or VCP-DCV 2019 certified. It’s a nice bonus Read more…