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VMware vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep Dive Kindle Edition

by Frank Denneman (Author), Niels Hagoort (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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From the author of the vSphere Clustering Deep Dive series -

The VMware vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep Dive is a guide to building consistent high-performing ESXi hosts. A book that people can’t put down. Written for administrators, architects, consultants, aspiring VCDX-es and people eager to learn more about the elements that control the behavior of CPU, memory, storage and network resources.

This book shows that we can fundamentally and materially improve the systems we’re building. We can make the currently running ones consistently faster by deeply understanding and optimizing our systems.

The reality is that specifics of the infrastructure matter. Details matter. Especially for distributed platforms which abstract resource layers, such as NSX and vSAN. Knowing your systems inside and out is the only way to be sure you’ve properly handled those details. It’s about having a passion for these details. It’s about loving the systems we build. It’s about understanding them end-to-end.

This book explains the concepts and mechanisms behind the physical resource components and the VMkernel resource schedulers, which enables you to:

- Optimize your workload for current and future Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) systems.
- Discover how vSphere Balanced Power Management takes advantage of the CPU Turbo Boost functionality, and why High Performance does not.
- How the 3-DIMMs per Channel configuration results in a 10-20% performance drop.
- How TLB works and why it is bad to disable large pages in virtualized environments.
- Why 3D XPoint is perfect for the vSAN caching tier.
- What queues are and where they live inside the end-to-end storage data paths.
- Tune VMkernel components to optimize performance for VXLAN network traffic and NFV environments.
- Why Intel's Data Plane Development Kit significantly boosts packet processing performance.

Combine this book with the vSphere 6.7 Clustering Deep Dive, and the vSAN 6.7 U1 Deep Dive, and you have an in-depth and comprehensive set of books that deliver the information you need to design and administer both vSphere and vSAN in the enterprise.

Often referred to in the virtual community as the vSphere Resource kit, the Host Resource Deep Dive zooms in on hardware resources such as CPU and Memory and covers how the vSphere 6.5 resource scheduler manages these. The vSAN Deep Dive discusses how to leverage local storage devices to create a shared storage platform and the Clustering Deep Dive builds on top of that and zooms in how a group of ESXi hosts work together and provide clustering services. Buy all three and become your organizations' private cloud superhero!

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Frank Denneman is a Senior Staff Architect at VMware R&D focusing on VMware Cloud on AWS. Frank is a VCDX (29) and co-author of the best selling vSphere Clustering Deep Dive series. Frank presents on a regular basis at global virtualization events and has been a VMworld Top 10 speaker for 5 consecutive years. You can find his articles at frankdenneman.nlFollow Frank on twitter @frankdenneman.nl.

Niels Hagoort is a freelance Virtualization Architect with more than 15 years of experience. Niels has extensive knowledge in the field of designing, building and implementing complex enterprise IT infrastructures. Niels presents on a regular basis at global virtualization events and is a VCDX (212). You can find his articles at cloudfix.nl. Follow Niels on twitter @NHagoort. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 23, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Frank Denneman
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In addition to engaging with customers and press, I present at Industry leading events to drive awareness and excitement about what we are doing at VMware.
Currently, I am a Senior Staff Architect at VMware R&D, developing and communicating VMware’s technical marketing strategy of VMware Cloud on AWS. Previously I was the Chief Technologist at PernixData; a company focused on delivering next-level storage solutions for the VMware ecosystem. In the first decade of my career, I was an Architect designing virtual infrastructures for many Fortune 500 companies.
Besides my position at VMware, I serve as a technical advisor for ITQ and EVO Venture Partners. In this role, I provide strategic guidance for our service portfolio and product roadmap.
I am a VMware Certified Design Expert (nr. 29) and the primary author of frankdenneman.nl. A blog focused on resource management for virtual infrastructures. It has been voted as a Top 5 blog consecutively over the last five years.
I developed the vSphere Design Pocketbook concept, which is a platform for the virtualization community members to broadcast their knowledge. I have one patent pending in resource management, and co-authored the following books:
Designing a Storage Performance Platform (2015)
vSphere 5.1 Clustering deepdive (2012)
vSphere 5.0 Clustering technical deepdive (2011)
vSphere 4.1 HA and DRS technical deepdive (2010)
Currently, I'm co-authoring the vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep Dive. For more information please following us @HostDeepDive or visit our facebook page HostDeepDive.
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Niels Hagoort is a Technical Marketing Architect at VMware with more than 15 years of experience. Niels has extensive knowledge in the field of designing, building and implementing complex enterprise IT infrastructures. Niels presents on a regular basis at global virtualization events and is a VCDX (212). You can find his articles at nielshagoort.com. Follow Niels on twitter @NHagoort.
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D. Klee

Fantastic book for VMware architects and professionals

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2017

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If you are actively managing VMware environments with workloads that have high performance needs (such as all of the virtualized SQL Servers that we work on), this new book called VMware vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep Dive, written by Frank Denneman and Niels Hagoort, is a must read book! Designed for VMware-oriented system architects, this book walks the reader through each layer of host resource allocation and management in a way that no other book has ever accomplished.

This book redefined the phrase “deep dive”, and I’m taking a lot of notes for future authoring and presentations. The depth of content is unparalleled in tech authoring.

Topic sections such as CPU, memory, storage, and networking, the four main areas of resource management on any virtualization host, are presented. Anyone can talk about these settings in general, but the advanced VCDX-level topics are covered in incredible depth. We work with a lot of advanced virtualized SQL Server VMs, and significant discussions from this book for performance tuning these SQL Servers include:

Advanced vNUMA balancing and optimization
CPU core counts versus clock speed
vNUMA memory speeds and non-local memory access
Clearing up misconceptions about vSphere Balanced Power Management
Queues and resource allocations
Go get this book – NOW! It’s a must read, and read it twice. No, three times. Then give the book to colleagues who can benefit. I’ve got two copies on my desk right now, and know who these will be sent to after I’m done re-reading them!

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Christian Mohn

Did you say Deep Dive?

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017

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After reading the various iterations of the vSphere Clustering Deep Dive series, my expectations for this book were high. I'm happy to say that I was not disappointed. The VMware vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep Dive provides so much technical detail that it can make your head spin. Thankfully Frank and Niels has done an awesome job of presenting deep technical content in a manner that makes it a joy to read.

Clear, concise and to the point. This is a book I'll return to time and time again, as there is simply no way you can read this once, and be done with it. There is simply to much information in here to digest in a single read through. Don't be fooled by the VMware vSphere mention in the title, even if you don't work exclusively with VMware vSphere environments, this book is still an invaluable resource for anyone working with datacenter technologies.

Simply put: Buy this book.

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IJ

Must have for anyone managing ESXi infrastructure

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2017

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This book has level of details that you will not find anywhere else, at least not from a single source. The writers provided in depth background on each topic before diving in to it. Having a degree in Computer Engineering, I feel this can easily serve as a text book on inner workings of a modern server. It navigates through CPU to Memory to Storage and Network, and provides all the information needed to run the virtual workload optimally. How to right size the VM, how to make sure you are not allocating resources that would adversely impact the performance etc.

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Mike Stump

Authoritative Technical Reference for vSphere 6.5

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2017

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If you spend a significant amount of your professional life managing vSphere environments, you'll want to pick up this technical reference. The organization of this book is remarkable; there's no wasted time or text, just a immediate dive into great technical information. Even if you've been a vSphere user for a long time, you'll learn much about new features in ESXi 6.5.

I recommend treating this as a reference book and not a novel. Your brain would melt if you tried to read this book straight-through. At least mine did.

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Tim or Niki Davis

So deep, Titanic is in the shallow end!

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2017

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If you are even remotely interested in Virtualization, this is the book for you. Time to get on your scuba gear, or fire up the mini sub, and get ready to plummet down to the bottom of the Mariana Trench of Host Resources. Someday, when I grow up, I hope to be HALF as knowledgable about this subject as Frank and Niels are. Get this book. Get it yesterday, or even two days ago, so that it arrives today.

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J. Kensy

Fantastic book written by awesome authors!

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2017

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Only 5 chapters in but feel compelled to give a quick review/praise of this book. This book (and its authors) are great. It is not meant for the uninitiated both from a hardware perspective or VMware perspective. That said, if you're interested and somewhat knowledgeable of hardware overall, this book may connect some dots for you. I can't recommend this book enough and it's a great price for the information within!

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John Kozej

This book is an immediate MUST HAVE for anyone supporting ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2017

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This book is an immediate MUST HAVE for anyone supporting or administering VMware vSphere. It has everything you need to know when it comes to optimizing your vSphere environment....CPU, memory, storage (including vSAN), networking and more! I am a VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) and I keep this book with me at all times. It has literally become a tool for me. I have not put it down since I purchased it. Get this book!

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Jordan Roth

I must have for someone Admins, Engineers and Architects!

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2017

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This is a must have book for anyone wanting to really understand the inner workings of their ESXi Hosts. I'm studying for my VCDX and found that the level of depth has helped raise my confidence in terms of defending my design with concrete evidence and knowledge. Frank and Niels are clearly experts in their craft and it shows in this book.

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Sam McGeown

One thing I love about the book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 3, 2017

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The Host Resources Deep Dive book by Frank Denneman and Niels Hagoort has been one of the most widely anticipated books in the VMware community - previous deep dive books by Frank (co-authored with Duncan Epping), tantalising blog posts and captivating presentations have whet the appetite for the last year or so. Having sat through some of these presentations at VMUGs and VMworld I can tell you the depth and understanding that the authors bring to the table is immense.

I have not rushed to write a review of this book for two reasons, firstly I wanted to do it justice, and that meant that I needed to read it properly. The second reason is that this is a big book with well over 560 pages of content, and that requires some time!

Structurally, the book is broken into four sections (CPU resources, RAM resources, Storage resources and Network resources). Each section takes you through the physical architecture of the components, how the component is integrated into the system as a whole, how they relate to and are consumed by the virtualisation layer, and throughout there are design and management considerations. You only need to look at the calibre of the people writing the preface for each section to know that this book has gravitas: Pat Gelsinger, Carl Waldspurger, Christos Karamanolis and Andrew Lambeth (if those names don’t mean anything to you then do a quick search!)

A lot has been said by other reviewers about the depth of this “deep dive”, and I have to echo these sentiments. What’s really exceptional is the authors have gone deep on the individual topics (that are in themselves complex and difficult to understand) but also laid them out with a logical and methodical approach including how they each interrelate.

One thing I love about the book, and which especially appeals to me as an ex graphic designer, is the quality of the diagrams, typography and layout. It is easy to read and flows well, but what really sets it apart are the diagrams (check out these examles on Frank’s blog) which take complex technical ideas and make them easy to digest. They say a picture is worth a thousand words - in this case it's definitely true. That’s not to say that the words are any less valuable, the clarity of the written information in the book is particularly impressive when you remember that English is neither Frank nor Niels’ first language - it is a testament to their understanding of the subject matter.

If you work with vSphere, I highly recommend you get your hands on a copy of this book! You can expect to be educated and develop a much deeper understanding of the architecture and consumption of physical host resources in a vSphere environment. This is not a book you’ll read and be done with - it’ll be a reference you’ll pull off the shelf again and again.

It’s not often I read a book and can recommend it so enthusiastically (when I read a glowing five-star review my skeptic alarm immediately sounds and I suspect either sycophantic crony-ism or shameless self-promotion) but this is a genuinely good book - one that I will happy recommend, skeptics be damned!

Fabian Lenz

Ein tolles Werk um VMware's ESXi und Server im generellen besser zu verstehen und in der Praxis anzuwenden

Reviewed in Germany on July 9, 2017

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Ich habe länger auf dieses Buch gewartet und war vom Umfang fast erschlagen. Mehr als 500 Seiten - diese haben es allerdings in sich. Es gibt nicht viele Bücher, die einem nach dem lesen das Gefühl geben, dass man schlauer geworden ist und etwas gelernt hat:

Dieses Buch gehört allerdings dazu!

Niels Hagoort und Frank Denneman haben es geschafft ein sehr komplexes Thema (Wie werden generell in einem Computer - im speziellen bei VMware's ESXi - die 4 Resourcen Memory, CPU, Storage und Network verwendet) so aufzubereiten, dass jeder der ein Interesse an diesem Thema besser wird.

Die Kunst von dem Buch besteht vor allem darin, dass man nicht nur sein theoretisches Wissen erweitert. VMware's VMkernel macht einen sehr guten Job in 97% der workloads. Das schöne ist man lernt hier nicht nur wieso wir zu 97% zufrieden sind, sondern auch wie man mit den letzten 3% umgehen kann.

Gefühlt werden alle Praxisrelevanten Themen angesprochen von denen man selber als Experte noch nie etwas gehört hatte. Hier geht es um Advanced Parameter die man in der Praxis dann braucht, wenn die Applikation 'Mission-Kritisch' ist und nicht die Leistung liefert die man erwartet hätte.

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virtualhobbit

If you're a vSphere Administrator this is a must read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2017

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I've been waiting for this book for a while, and boy, I was not disappointed.

There is a wealth of information in this book, and will serve as a reference for a very long time to come.

If you're a vSphere Administrator and work with the product day-to-day then this will be an essential tool in your arsenal. It will challenge a number of "best practices", ie something you've always done but can't remember the reasons for it. Do you set your ESXi hosts to the High Performance power setting? If so, why? Is it better to buy servers with 256GB or 384GB of RAM?

The book covers the main pillars of host resources such as compute, networking and storage. Leading technologies such as
VMware vSAN and NSX are covered, and will give you the information you need to ensure your implementation goes as smooth as possible.

This book is a weighty tomb of information. It is by no means a quick read, but I'm confident it'll be something you'll go back to again and again.

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Robert Verdam

Must-have book on vSphere 6.5 host resources

Reviewed in Germany on June 26, 2017

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This book really is a deep-dive on every subject related to host resources (CPU / Memory / Storage / Networking) in the context of vSphere 6.5 Really a must-have book for every (vSphere) admin/expert/architect.

Frank Denneman & Niels Hagoort give you the do's and don't's on the mentioned subjects while providing you with in-depth (theoretical) detail on why these are the case. If you're looking for squeezing the last bit of performance out of your vSphere / VSAN / NSX environment or designing it from ground up this book is the way to go

I personally think Frank & Niels have found a great balance between theory and how this theory helps you get the best out of your vSphere 6.5 environment in practice. The book reads pretty light while going deep into the various subjects, providing numerous diagrams and tables to provide you with complete information.

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Rosa Martinez Perallon

This book is THE bible for VMware vSphere performance optimization

Reviewed in Germany on June 26, 2017

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Great book! I can only recommend it if you are after performance optimization in VMware vSphere.
Resource scheduling and fine-tuning may be critical in the "Cloud" for resource-hungry applications.
I have read and used lots of VMware references (blogs, VMware whitepapers, KB articles, VMworld breakout sessions) about resource utilization and performance in the last years, but this book compiles and extends everything I have been reading so far. One single book that contains everything you may need to know to fully understand how the host resources are utilized for CPU, memory, storage, networking...
Furthermore, it provides all hints and tricks on how to monitor and optimize your hosts and workloads: advanced esxi commands, logs, practical examples, etc.

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