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Cisco HyperFlex Stretched Cluster Performance Testing – HCIBench
I previously performed some performance testing of my new HyperFlex Stretched Cluster using IOMeter. The feedback that I received from some readers was that IOMeter is an “outdated” tool which was used to measure performance of old storage systems and is no longer suitable for new hyper-converged platforms. Therefore, I ran another performance test using […]
Cisco HyperFlex Stretched Cluster Performance Testing – IOMeter
I built my first HyperFlex hybrid stretched cluster last week and was interested in getting some IO benchmarks. Just how much IOPs can I get out of the system? I had previously did similar testing on a VSAN ready-node and could easily obtain the maximum IOPs of the system so was interested to see if […]
Cisco Live! Melbourne 2018 Key Takeaways
I attended the Cisco Live! Melbourne 2018 conference last week. Great to be back for my 6th consecutive Cisco Live! and this year there were close to 7000 attendees!! The key highlight for me was definitely the Data Centre Innovation Day (thanks to my Cisco Accounts team for getting me the exclusive invite) and “Meet […]