2017 is upon us and I thought out of the 100+ posts that I published in 2016 I would highlight some of my favorite ones. I know picking the favorites of things that are near and dear to your heart is often challenging but I managed to whittled the list down to 12. So without further ado and in no particular order here are my top 12 favorite posts from 2016:
- Top 10 things you must read about vSphere 6.5 – my handpicked vSphere 6.5 links from my huge vSphere 6.5 link collection
- Just how many Virtual Volumes (VVols) can a VM have? – An overview of the minimum and maximums of VVols that a VM can have along with what you will usually encounter as an average
- Here’s how we can make VMUG events even better – My viewpoints on VMUG events based on my experiences as a VMUG leader, customer and partner
- VMware on Amazon Web Services – if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em – An overview on the AWS & VMware partnership that was announced along with my thoughts on it
- Top vBlog 2016 Full Results – The results of my annual Top vBlog voting survey, find out who was chosen as the top vBloggers
- Top 10 reasons to start using VVols right now – My compilation of good reasons for people to start using VMware’s new VVol storage architecture right now
- Sponsor sessions at VMware events: If you build it right they will come – The straight dope on how to build a session for VMworld that will entice people to attend it
- My thoughts and observations on VMworld 2016 – My candid review of the 9th VMworld that I have attended
- VVols 2.0 with array based replication support announced with vSphere 6.5 – A comprehensive overview of the new VVol storage array replication support in vSphere 6.5
- vExpert class of 2016 announced – are there too many vExperts– my viewpoints on the current state of VMware’s annual vExpert designation
- Automatic space reclamation (UNMAP) is back in vSphere 6.5 – An overview of the history of UNMAP in vSphere and how it has finally returned as an automatic process in vSphere 6.5
- vSphere 6.5 with VVols 2.0 does not yet support in-band bind – An overview of the VVol bind process and the various components that are used in the new VVols storage architecture