#117 - An update on all things Memory Tiering featuring Arvind Jagannath!

About this episode

Arvind Jagannath returns to discuss updates on Memory Tiering amidst high memory prices and supply chain challenges.

Arvind is back to provide an update on all things Memory Tiering. The interest in Memory Tiering is high due to insane memory prices and supply chain issues. Arvind goes over the basics of memory tiering and provide an insight into what to expect in the upcoming release of VCF/vSphere when it comes to Memory Tiering! Some of the items discussed: Performance whitepaper here: https://www.vmware.com/docs/memtier-vcf9-perf Memory tiering doc's which describes how to disable it on a VM: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/9-0/how-do-i-activate-memory-tiering-in-vsphere-.html Many different blogs, and an assessment script by Dave Morera: https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/vcf-advanced-memory-tiering/

People in this episode

Host: Duncan Epping

Guest: Arvind Jagannath

Topics covered

• Memory Tiering
• VCF
• vSphere
• Performance
• Supply Chain Issues
• Technology

Keywords

• Memory Tiering
• VCF
• vSphere
• Performance whitepaper
• supply chain
• technology
• assessment script

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: VMware, Broadcom

Products: VCF, vSphere

Books & works: Performance whitepaper, memory tiering doc's, assessment script by Dave Morera

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