封面
版权信息
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
Chapter 1. CPU Performance Design
Introduction
Critical performance consideration – VMM scheduler
CPU scheduler – processor topology/cache aware
Ready time – warning sign
Hyperthreaded core sharing
Spotting CPU overcommitment
Fighting guest CPU saturation in SMP VMs
Controlling CPU resources using resource settings
What is most important to monitor in CPU performance
CPU performance best practices
Chapter 2. Memory Performance Design
Introduction
Virtual memory reclamation techniques
Monitoring host-swapping activity
Monitoring host-ballooning activity
Keeping memory free for VMkernel
Key memory performance metrics to monitor
What metrics not to use
Identifying when memory is the problem
Analyzing host and VM memory
Memory performance best practices
Chapter 3. Networking Performance Design
Introduction
Designing a network for load balancing and failover for vSphere Standard Switch
Designing a network for load balancing and failover for vSphere Distributed Switch
What to know when offloading checksum
Selecting the correct virtual network adapter
Improving performance through VMDirectPath I/O
Improving performance through NetQueue
Improving network performance using the SplitRx mode for multicast traffic
Designing a multi-NIC vMotion
Improving network performance using network I/O control
Monitoring network capacity and performance matrix
Chapter 4. DRS SDRS and Resource Control Design
Introduction
Using DRS algorithm guidelines
Using resource pool guidelines
Avoiding using resource pool as folder structure
Choosing the best SIOC latency threshold
Using storage capability and profile driven storage
Anti-affinity rules in the SDRS cluster
Avoiding the use of SDRS I/O Metric and array-based automatic tiering together
Using VMware SIOC and array-based automatic tiering together
Chapter 5. vSphere Cluster Design
Introduction
Trade-off factors while designing scale up and scale out clusters
Using VM Monitoring
vSphere Fault Tolerance design and its impact
DPM and its impact
Choosing the reserved cluster failover capacity
Rightly choosing the vSphere HA cluster size
Chapter 6. Storage Performance Design
Introduction
Designing the host for a highly available and high-performing storage
Designing a highly available and high-performance iSCSI SAN
Designing a highly available and high-performing FC storage
Performance impact of queuing on the storage array and host
Factors that affect storage performance
Using VAAI to boost storage performance
Selecting the right VM disk type
Monitoring command queuing
Identifying a severely overloaded storage
Chapter 7. Designing vCenter and vCenter Database for Best Performance
Introduction
vCenter Single Sign-On and its database preparation
vCenter Single Sign-On and its deployment
Things to bear in mind while designing the vCenter platform
Designing vCenter Server for redundancy
Designing a highly available vCenter database
vCenter database size and location affects performance
Considering vCenter Server Certificates to minimize security threats
Designing vCenter Server for Auto Deploy
Chapter 8. Virtual Machine and Application Performance Design
Introduction
Setting the right time in Guest OS
vNUMA (Virtual NUMA) considerations
Choosing the SCSI controller for storage
Impact of VM swap file placement
Using large pages in virtual machines
Guest OS networking considerations
When you should or should not virtualize an application
Measuring the application's performance
Index
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