Best Performance Practices in VMware vSphere 5

VMware provides valuable information in documented form about the operation of vSphere 5 with optimal performance Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 5.

VMware Paper Best Performance Practices for VMware vSphere 5

The document contains the following chapters:

1. Hardware for Use with VMware vSphere
2. ESXi and Virtual Machines
3. Guest Operating Systems
4. Virtual Infrastructure Management

The document for vSphere 5 is available here for download:

• Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 5

Additional Information

• Document: Best Performance Practices for VMware vSphere 5.0 (virtualization.info, 06.09.2011)
• Best Performance Practices in VMware vSphere 4.1

Author: Werner Fischer Werner Fischer, working in the Knowledge Transfer team at Thomas-Krenn, completed his studies of Computer and Media Security at FH Hagenberg in Austria. He is a regular speaker at many conferences like LinuxTag, OSMC, OSDC, LinuxCon, and author for various IT magazines. In his spare time he enjoys playing the piano and training for a good result at the annual Linz marathon relay.