Powered by vmware cloud foundation, this service integrates vsphere, vmware vsan, and vmware nsx along with vmware vcenter management, and is optimized to run on dedicate. Duncan epping, author at virtual blocks vmware blogs. First of all i like to offer my apologies to duncan epping because i should have added this book months ago. Eric sloof interviews famous authors duncan epping and cormac hogan, who discuss their new book essential virtual vsan. Writing for vsphere administrators, architects, and consultants, cormac hogan, and duncan epping explain what vsan is, how it has evolved, what it now offers, and. The book is titled essential virtual san coauthored by cormac hogan and duncan epping, two of the foremost experts on vsan. Talking about the future of vsan with duncan epping.
Duncan epping chief technologist hci vmware linkedin. Duncan epping is a chief technologist in the office of cto of the hci bu at vmware. Administrators guide to vmware vsan by hogan, cormac. See all books authored by duncan epping, including vmware vsphere 5. On friday my preorder of duncan eppings and cormac hogans updated book for vsan was finally available for download. Nov 25, 2014 searchvmware talked with duncan epping, chief technologist in vmwares cto office and one of the authors of the book essential virtual san.
Dec 12, 2018 duncan epping is a chief technologist in the office of cto of the hci bu at vmware. Youll learn what virtual san is, exactly what it offers, how to implement it, and how to maximize its value. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases. The book covers vsan its functionality, configuration as well as some storage gotchas. Well, after almost 8 months of work, the vsan book that i have been working on with duncan epping is finally available for general download.
We would like to dedicate this book to the greatest band on earth, iron maiden. In this role, he serves as a trusted advisor to vmwar. Youll learn how virtual san and vsphere work together to dramatically improve resiliency, scaleout storage functionality, and control over qos. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. I think i have a pretty full schedule, to say the least. With student consult online access, 3e jekels epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine, public health by james f. Writing for vsphere administrators, architects, and consultants, cormac hogan, and duncan epping explain what vsan is, how it has evolved, what it now offers, and how to gain maximum value from it.
Hogan and epping start chapter 1, titled introduction to vsan, with a look at the softwaredefined data center and softwaredefined storage, as well as. Administrators guide to vmware vsan, authors cormac hogan and duncan epping explore how vsan fits into vmwares softwaredefined data center vision hogan and epping start chapter 1, titled introduction to vsan, with a look at the softwaredefined data center and softwaredefined storage, as well as hyperconverged applications and softwareonly. Duncan is a chief technologist working in the storage and availability business unit at vmware, serving as a partner and truster adviser to emea customers. This book is an overview of the vmware technologies and how they can support the various services and management pieces required for cloud architecture. The book offers expert insight into preparation, installation, configuration, policies, provisioning, clusters, architecture, and more. Administrators guide to vmware virtual san, at vmworld us 2014. Duncan epping is a chief technologist working for vmware in the office of cto of the hci business unit. This book is good if you are a beginner, expert or just want to get an idea of what vsan is and how it works. Definitely because this book has been written by duncan in his free time and is offered to the public at no costs.
Writing for vsphere administrators, architects, and consultants, cormac hogan and duncan epping explain what virtual san is, how it has evolved, what it now offers, and how to gain maximum value from it. He is the coauthor of several books, including the vsphere clustering deepdive series. When i started on my vcap5dcd journey about a year ago one of the books i kept. Vmware vsan, and vmware nsx along with vmware vcenter management, and is optimized to run on dedicated, elastic, baremetal aws infrastructure. Im also extremely grateful to a number of people at vmware press pearson for their willingness to sponsor this project. What do you think is the biggest advantage a virtual storage appliance has over a traditional storage system. Vmware cloud on aws is an ondemand service that enables users to run applications across vmware vspherebased cloud environments with access to a broad range of aws services.
David speaks with guest duncan epping about his journey through vmware and working through and with data centers. Everyone is free to download a copy in a pdf, a mobi or a epub format. Duncan epping books list of books by author duncan epping. Publications by duncan epping ranging from white paper to the vsphere 5. Lately, we have seen a lot of excellent guys releasing their valuable books for free. We have already touched on a number of these aspects of selection from essential virtual san vsan. Readwritemany persistent volume with vsan 7 file services. Anyone willing to take the vcap6dcv design exam, i highly advice you to read these chapters. I highly recommend you pick them up and give them a read. Writing for administrators, consultants, and architects, cormac hogan and duncan epping show how virtual san implements both objectbased storage and a policy platform that simplifies vm storage placement. This book book covers the architecture of virtual san vsan, its design, the installation and configuration and then brings on tips and tricks maintenance, troubleshooting that make this book, the single best stop to learn vsan in depth. Epping, duncan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Searchvmware talked with duncan epping, chief technologist in vmwares cto office and one of the authors of the book essential virtual san. If you are going to use, or are thinking of using vsan this is a must have book.
The book also contains a part about component protection. So duncan epping and cormac hogan have made freely available their book about vsan. The authors of the vsan deep dive have thoroughly updated their definitive guide to this transformative technology. Aug 28, 2014 eric sloof interviews famous authors duncan epping and cormac hogan, who discuss their new book essential virtual vsan. Architectural details architecture introduction this chapter will examine some of the underlying architectural details of virtual san. A few clicks on the website of pearsonitcertification and i was ready to start reading. The time and effort they put into these must be crazy, and we thank them for it. Both an uptotheminute reference and handson tutorial, essential virtual san uses realistic examples to demonstrate virtual sans most powerful capabilities. A link to the essential vsan book second edition a link to the essential vsan book first edition posts. Duncan is a chief technologist working in the storage and availability business unit at vmware, serving as a partner and trusted adviser to emea customers. Administrators guide to vmware vsan, authors cormac hogan and duncan epping explore how vsan fits into vmwares softwaredefined data center vision.
Jul 11, 2014 well, after almost 8 months of work, the vsan book that i have been working on with duncan epping is finally available for general download. Besides that, on a personal level i also have a wife and two kids. The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels by ioan grillo. Writing for administrators, consultants, and architects, cormac hogan and duncan epping show how virtual san implements both objectbased storage and a. This is the first book ive written, and ill always be grateful for the guidance and mentoring i received from duncan. Jun 25, 2016 now, the authors of essential virtual san vsan have thoroughly updated their definitive guide to this transformative technology. Essential virtual san vsan by cormac hogan, 97803854992, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
As you may know, we released two versions of a vsan based book through vmware press. While learning vsan by reading the vsan essential book by depping duncan epping page 47, as much as i understand that if we see multicast assessment based on other checks failed. Cormac hogan and duncan epping show how virtual san implements both objectbased storage and a policy. Administrators guide to vmware virtual san, and more on. Administrators guide to vmware vsan, about vsan and which features may appear in the next version. He is the coauthor of several books, including the vsphere clustering deepdive series and essential virtual san. The first book on vmware virtual san from two of vmwares superstar experts, cormac hogan and duncan epping. Thank you duncan epping and peter keilty without whose insights this book would never have come to fruition. Administrators guide to vmware virtual san by cormac hogan, duncan epping.
Duncan epping has 14 books on goodreads with 7 ratings. In our twitter vsan chat with duncan epping and cormac hogan, we covered the a to z of their newly published vsan 6. Now, the authors of essential virtual san vsan have thoroughly updated their definitive guide to this transformative technology. Duncan eppings most popular book is vmware vsphere 5 clustering technical deepdive. Duncans book really helped me with a fundamental understanding of how ha works for vsan, vvols and stretched clusters. Virtualization is recognized as a foundation for cloud computing. Hardcore help foundation a donation of 10, will provide. Publications by duncan epping yellow bricks yellow bricks. Writing for vsphere administrators, architects, and consultants, cormac hogan and duncan epping explain what virtual san is, how it has evolved, what it now offers, and how to.