I am happy to announce that a Synology DSM content pack for Log Insight by VMware is available now on Solution Exchange for free! If…
Introducing VMware vRealize!
To date, VMware has had two primary brands being vCenter and vCloud, however many products did not technically fall under one or the other. A big…
Introducing the VMware EVO Family!
When it comes to infrastructure, VMware provides choice to its customers. To date, this has either been a “build your own” model or a converged…
Log Insight Calculator
I get many questions around Log Insight calculations, including how large to size a Log Insight instance/cluster, how much storage is necessary to meet retention…
Log Insight Cluster: Purposeful Data Imbalance
Recently, I talked about Log Insight cluster data imbalance and why you want to avoid it. In this post, I would like to discuss when…
My VMworld 2014 schedule
Wow, VMworld 2014 is right around the corner! I have my session presentation submitted and just need to finish my demonstrations. I also have a…
Using Load Balancers in Transparent Mode – A Workaround
In my last post, I talked about two routing modes used on load balancers: NAT and transparent. As you may recall, I recommended against using transparent…
Log Insight Load Balancing: NAT vs. Transparency
In my posts about load balancer configuration for Log Insight, I have talked about configuring Network Address Translation (NAT). I would like to dive a…
Log Insight Cluster: Data Not Balanced Across Nodes
In Log Insight 2.0 a scale-out feature was introduced. The best practice when using scale-out is to configure an external load balancer in front of…
Heads Up! Updated Microsoft Content Packs Now Available
As you may have seen on the VMware Management blog, I recently announced updated Microsoft content packs for Log Insight. For those that are currently…