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TinkerTry Demo at VMworld 2018 US! “See VMware vSphere 6.7 fly on Intel Xeon D with NVMe SSDs [VMTN12504U]” Wed Aug 29 1pm-5pm VMTN Blogger Table at VMvillage
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Back in June, I excitedly announced I'm going to VMworld 2018 US, my 7th time attending, and I get to present! My presentation as a VMware employee had been accepted, but my proposal to present at the #vBrownBag was pending, and I didn't really know for sure if an invite from Community Leaders Corey Romero and Elsa Mayer would work out.
Turns out not only are all the presentation proposals actually happening, but moments ago, I got word that Corey and Elsa actually managed to get my home lab themed live demo into the VMware Session Builder Catalog as well!
Paul will have U.2, M.2, and PCIe NVMe SSDs on hand including Intel Optane/3D XPoint. Visit to nerd out about the latest tech that fuels his portable but very powerful home datacenter, running the new vSphere 6.7 downloaded from VMUG Advantage EVALExperience, of course, with some dabbling in vSAN. Intel Xeon D systems from both Supermicro and Gigabyte will be featured this year, and it's a great chance to meet the author behind all that home lab enthusiast and consumer electronics content at TinkerTry IT @ home – Efficient virtualization, storage, backup and more.
SPEAKERS
Paul Braren, Sr. Solution Engineer, vSAN/HCI / TinkerTry Blogger, VMware
I'm extremely grateful for this, as it makes the likelihood of people finding me and my LIVE DEMO so much higher. I'm super grateful for this opportunity. Even better, VMworld and #vBrownBag tend to publish sessions online promptly, for the vast majority of folks who aren't able to get to VMworld in person. For those of you who will be at the conference in person, I'll be pretty easy to find, here's my daytime schedule summary:
Featuring the popular Supermicro SuperServer and an (unreleased) GIGABYTE Server motherboard!
This year, I'll be featuring my Supermicro Xeon D-1541 SuperServer running vSphere 6.7 smooth as silk, with that awesome HTML5 UI. A special surprise this year is that a GIGABYTE Server MB51-PS0 that isn't even out yet! That's right, you can't even buy this particular Xeon D-2100 motherboard yet, but you sure can see it if you stop by my booth!
Of course, I'll have Intel, Micron, and Samsung NVMe SSDs with me too, in M.2, and U.2, and PCIe flavors, of course.
Hankering for more storage tech? Here's a list of all 3 sessions I'm presenting at. In addition to the session listed above, here's the other two I get to do this year:
Deloitte selected VMware vSAN, our hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platform, to lower their TCO and simplify infrastructure management. This project involved the migration from traditional infrastructure and three VBlocks (converged infrastructure) that were hosting over 4,000 virtual servers running business-critical applications. The VMs had to be migrated seamlessly, without any interruption to end users.
In this session, you will learn about the architecture design choices, failure testing, performance testing, and recommendations based on Deloitte's experience. Find out how vSAN provided Deloitte with a simple, intuitive set of tools to manage their HCI stack.
SPEAKERS
Jorvin Martinez, Manager, Compute Services and Delivery Engineering, Deloitte
Paul Braren, Sr. Solution Engineer, vSAN/HCI / TinkerTry Blogger, VMware
Feeling a bit confused about the differences between these form factors, and how you connect, configure, and update them? Stop by to see some samples of each, from Micron, Samsung, and Intel. Curious about hot swap U.2 drives? You'll also see an Intel Optane SSD featuring all-new 3D XPoint non-volatile memory, great for workloads that require extremely low latency.
With sample hardware on hand, Paul will help you become knowledgeable about these newer storage technologies. Finally, SATA, SAS, and 3.5" spinning rust drives are becoming old-school, as new flash storage technology benefits home labs and datacenters alike.
SPEAKERS
Paul Braren, Founder/Owner, TinkerTry.com, LLC
Thursday, Aug 30, 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | VMTN Theater in the VMTN Lounge
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