Configuring the EMC Isilon NAS VAAI Plugin for vSphere 5.0/5.1
by Isilon OneFS 7.0 has been out for a couple months. OneFS 7.0 has brought some additional features to Isilon, particularly toward VMware vSphere support. I …
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How does vSphere recognize an Isilon NFS Datastore when using a SmartConnect Zone Name?
As one of the more Isilon-centric vSpecialists at EMC, I see a lot of questions about leveraging Isilon NFS in vSphere environments. Most of them …
Configuring the EMC Isilon VASA Provider in OneFS 7.0
So OneFS 7.0 has been announced. Some of the new features include some virtualization components, specifically around VMware integration. One of those integrations, is around …
Configuring EMC Isilon SmartConnect – Part III: Isolated Storage Networks
Looking back that the SmartConnect Part I post, remember that SmartConnect is handling DNS delegation of the SmartConnect Zone name (FQDN)… So… What happens if …
VMware vSphere and EMC Isilon – One datastore or many?
As a vSpecialist, I am a member of a group that focuses on Big Data solutions. I primarily focus on Big Data storage, notably Isilon. …