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October 30, 2008

VMware - Recommendations For Aligning VMFS Partitions

[This article is sponsored by Peningo Systems, Inc., a provider of SAP Consulting Services on a nationwide basis. For more information on Peningo Systems, please go to the Peningo VMware Consultants page ]

VMware has released a White Paper titled “Recommendations For Aligning VMFS Partitions”. The White Paper provides decision makers the information on partition alignment, a known issue in physical file systems, and its remedy. The goal of the testing reported in this paper was to validate the assumption that unaligned partitions also impose a penalty when the partition is a VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMware VMFS) partition.

This paper lists a summary of the results of our testing, recommendations for VMware VMFS partition alignment, and the steps needed to create aligned VMware VMFS partitions. It covers the following topics:

 

• Executive Summary on page 1

• Recommendations on page 2

• Instructions for VMware VMFS Partition Alignment Using fdisk on page 2

• Instructions for Guest File System Alignment on page 3

• Caveats on page 5

• Background on page 5

• Performance Results on page 8

• Conclusion on page 10

• References on page 10

 

If you wish to view this white paper, please click the link below:

 

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_partition_align.pdf

 

If you are an “End Client” looking for a VMware Consulting Service provider to support your Applications,  Peningo Systems provides Consultants with expertise in many areas including:

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Posted by Edward Pellon at 02:44 PM |

October 22, 2008

Planning for an SAP ERP 6.0 Upgrade

[This article is sponsored by Peningo Systems, Inc., a provider of SAP Consulting Services on a nationwide basis. For more information on Peningo Systems, please go to the Peningo SAP Consultants page.

SAP LogoSAP has released a White Paper titled “How to Plan for an SAP® ERP 6.0 Upgrade”. The White Paper provides decision makers the information they need to evaluate, plan, and perform an upgrade to the SAP® ERP 6.0 application. It also introduces the tools and services SAP offers its customers during the transition to this new enterprise software.

Through extensive experience with customer upgrades, SAP has learned how important it is to safeguard production systems for your mission-critical activities – which is why SAP ERP 6.0 strongly supports system requirements for stability and availability while at the same time offering the high degree of adaptability and flexibility you need for business process innovation.

We at Peningo Systems strongly recommend this “White Paper” for any SAP Consultant / SAP Architect or IT Executive who are involved in the planning of an SAP ERP Upgrade.

The Contents of this White Paper Consists of:

  1. Why Customers Are Choosing SAP ERP 6.0
  2. Upgrade Scenarios
  3. Technical Upgrade.
  4. Functional Upgrade.
  5. Strategic Business Improvement Upgrade.
  6. Best Practices During an Upgrade Project
  7. Planning an Upgrade.
  8. Handling Modification .
  9. Simplifying the Testing Process.
  10. Additional Tools, Preparations .
  11. Building the SAP ERP 6.0 Landscape.
  12. What SAP Customers Are Saying About the Upgrade.

If you wish to view this white paper, please click the link below:

Click here to download “How to Plan for an SAP ERP 6.0 Upgrade”

If you are an “End Client” looking for a SAP Consulting Service provider to support your Applications, Peningo Systems provides Consultants with expertise in many areas including:

To see Peningo Systems areas of expertise, please go to the Peningo Technical Areas page.

Posted by Edward Pellon at 08:39 AM |