VMworld 2014/Ask the vBloggers

Ask the vBloggers
Blogs:
 * yellow-bricks.com
 * virtuallyghetto.com

vmwaretips.com - ask the vBloggers

Good question: EMC ate my first born child, do do you sleep at night?

Presenters: Ched Sakec @sakacc - "virtual geek" author
 * Rick Scherer - modeterator - vmwaretips.com
 * Duncan Epping @duncanYB - chief technologiest evo real
 * William Lam - @lamw
 * Scott Lowe @scott_lowe

"Automation - you should never have to do anything more than once"

Topics:
 * NSX
 * EVO Rail
 * VCX Certification
 * ESXi HA
 * Automation
 * vCloud Air
 * Small business place

ESXi HA - "component protection" enclosuers zombies (?? APD? EPD? ATPDS? ??)

EVO Rail Appliance - comes from OEMS
 * VMware only provided a build recipe
 * Not that complex of a product
 * Screams Neutanics competitor
 * VMware is not a hardware vendor! Only provided the recipe
 * Phoenix server is reference server
 * 2U, 4 nodes, flash, SAS, 10GBe
 * looks like a vBlocks competitor

NSX and Cisco ACI - compeitors?
 * NSX handles 'elephant flows" and "mice flows" well
 * we believe it belongs a the edge
 * being used more for security on small business deployments

vCO - uses javascript for workflows, would be nice it it supported powershell code

vGhetto Backups - small businesses

On prem or on air - should we move them? Do the cost analysis

How do you handle life with such busy schedules?
 * buy wife lots of gifts
 * play is work and work is play
 * turn your phone off when on date

on demand cloud option might be perfect for testing and preping for VCAP

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joke: How many software engineers does it take to screw in a light bulb? Can't be done - it's a hardware issue