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Virtualization

Virtualization (or virtualisation) is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as a hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or network resources....

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Non-Uniform Memory Access – NUMA

Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) is a computer memory design used in multiprocessing, where the memory access time depends on the memory location relative to a processor. Under NUMA, a processor can...

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Input/Output Operations Per Second – IOPS

IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second, pronounced eye-ops) is a common performance measurement used to benchmark computer storage devices like hard disk drives (HDD), solid state drives (SSD), and...

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Data deduplication

Specialized data compression technique for eliminating duplicate copies of repeating data.   From WikiPedia

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vSphere Fault Tolerance

vSphere Fault Tolerance Provides Continuous Availability. vSphere HA provides a base level of protection for your virtual machines by restarting virtual machines in the event of a host failure. vSphere...

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VMware vLockstep

VMware vLockstep is technology that captures inputs and events that occur on a primary virtual machine (VM) and sends them to a secondary VM. VMware vLockstep is the technology that supports VMware’s...

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