Publications

This page provides a list of books and papers that I have published or have contributed to.

2018

• vSAN Performance Evaluation Checklist

 

2017

• Essential Virtual SAN (vSAN) e-book (free) based on vSAN 6.2
• An overview of VMFS (updated for VMFS-6 and vSphere 6.5)
• An overview of VAAI (updated for vSphere 6.5)
• NFS Best Practices (updated for vSphere 6.5)
• vSAN Networking Design Guide (Co-Author)
• Essential VSAN – 2nd Edition (Co-Author) – Chinese Edition. Get it from JD.com or from China-Pub.com

 

2016

• vSphere 6.5 Core Storage white paper
• Joint VSAN/Rubrik white paper (contributor)
• Essential VSAN – 2nd Edition (Co-Author). Get it from Amazon or from Pearson

 

2015

• Tech note: New VSAN 6.0 snapshot format vsanSparse
• Virtual SAN 6.0 Troubleshooting Reference Manual
• RVC Command Reference Guide for Virtual SAN (contributor)

 

2014

• Essential VSAN – 1st Edition (Co-Author) – Chinese Edition. Get it from JD.com or from China-Pub.com
• Essential VSAN – 1st Edition (Co-Author) – Traditional Chinese Edition. Available from Tenlong or GoTop
• Essential VSAN – 1st Edition (Co-Author). Get it from Amazon or from Pearson
• vSphere Design PocketBook 2.0 (contributor)
  

 

2013

• Best Practices for Running vSphere on NFS white paper
• vSphere Design PocketBook (contributor)
• Best Practices for Running vSphere on iSCSI white paper
• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.5 Platform white paper (contributor)
  

 

2012

• VMware vSphere Storage APIs – Array Integration (VAAI) white paper
• VMware VMFS: Technical Overview and Best Practices white paper
• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Storage white paper
• What’s new in VMware vSphere Storage Appliance (v5.1) white paper
• Storage Protocol Comparison white paper
• VMware vSphere VMFS-5 Upgrade Considerations white paper

 

2011

• VMware vSphere Storage Appliance (v1.0) Technical Deep Dive white paper
• VMware vSphere Storage Appliance (v1.0) white paper

 

Earlier documents related to VMware Site Recovery Manager

• SRM 4.0 & IBM SVC Configuration Guide
• SRM 4.0 & NetApp Configuration Guide (NAS)
• SRM 4.0 & NetApp Configuration Guide (iSCSI)
• SRM 4.0 & HP 3PAR Configuration Guide
• SRM 4.0 & HP/LeftHand Configuration Guide
• SRM 4.0 & EMC Celerra Configuration Guide (NAS)
• SRM 4.0 & EMC Celerra Configuration Guide (iSCSI)
• SRM 4.0 & EMC Clariion Configuration Guide
• SRM 4.0 & FalconStor NSS Configuration Guide