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Virtual Machine Guest OS Optimization

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Last week I was visited in Singapore by Veloxum’s VP of marketing, Chris Cicchetti. Chris was in town presenting Veloxum at a local cloud conference. We both had some extra time and decided to get acquainted over a Thai lunch.

Chris explained that Veloxum works by modifying guest and host (hypervisor) parameters to optimize performance. He claimed that huge gains–frequently 30% and more–could be derived from improving guest OS kernel parameters, application parameters, and host advanced settings.  Veloxum constantly monitors and modifies these parameters to suit changing conditions, which they believe will yield continual benefits in a dynamic environment.

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Simpler, Better Chargeback

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In a recent discussion with VKernel’s Bryan Semple I argued for a better chargeback tool.  I think that VKernel, VMware, and anyone in the virtualization business can improve the chargeback process through expanded automation and inclusion of capacity analysis metrics.  This would simply chargeback, increase its accuracy, and reduce its maintenance. Chargeback would become so simple and valuable that customers might actually start doing it.  Doubt me?  Read on.

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The Future of VMware Pricing

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Bryan Semple at VKernel last week wrote a blog article on per-VM pricing in VMware and VKernel products. Bryan observed that VMware’s customers dislike per-VM pricing.  He then stated that VKernel will stick to asset-based pricing such as per-socket. Bryan spends a lot of time with customers and I will not refute his claims. Whether or not we like per-VM pricing, I think it is here to stay.

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