You can view Chris' presentation online here:
http://portal.sliderocket.com/BLUKM/Winnipeg-VMUG_-March-2012
Chris Fraser, VCP, VTSP, VSP, EMCISA, CCA Sr. vSpecialist, EMC
Cell: (604) 754-0175
Tw: @CoureurDeNuage
Everything VMware @ EMC: http://emc.com/everythingvmware
Chis also suggested some additional reading for everyone :)
VMware vStorage Virtual Machine File System - Technical Overview and Best Practices
http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10110
Scalable Storage Performance (dated but still does a great job of describing file system implementation and some internals)
http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/1059
VMFS – Best Practices, and counter-FUD
http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/03/vmfs-best-practices-and-counter-fud.html
vSphere 5 Storage Guide
SAN System Design and Deployment Guide
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/SAN_Design_and_Deployment_Guide.pdf
Fibre Channel SAN Configuration Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_san_cfg.pdf
iSCSI SAN Configuration Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_iscsi_san_cfg.pdf
Troubleshooting Tools
vSCSIstats
http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10095
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/12/17/vscsistats/
EMC/VMware Tools for Performance Monitoring http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2011/04/emcvmware-performance-toolkit.html
Some discussion on multi-pathing and NMP RR http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2010/03/understanding-more-about-nmp-rr-and-iooperationslimit1.html
NFS
iSCSI
Old but great articles on iSCSI with vSphere http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/01/a-multivendor-post-to-help-our-mutual-iscsi-customers-using-vmware.html
iSCSI SAN Topologies
http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/technical-documentation/h8080-iscsi-san-topologies.pdf
VAAI
VAAI Thin Provisioning Reclaim bug
VMDK alignment & UBER Align
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/04/08/aligning-your-vms-virtual-harddisks/
http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2010/06/so-why-all-the-fuss-about-alignment.html
http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2011/11/first-of-a-series-of-holiday-giftsuberalign.html
Thin/Virtual Provisioning
http://vpivot.com/2012/02/01/vmware-thin-disks-on-emc-virtual-provisioning/
EMC Docs
VNX TechBook
Virtual Storage Integrator
http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2012/01/emc-virtual-storage-integrator-v51released.html
VAAI for block/file
http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h8293-vaai-vnx-wp.pdf
http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h8292-vaai-with-nfs-on-vnx-wp.pdf
FAST & FASTCache
http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/white-papers/h8058-fast-vp-unified-storage-wp.pdf
http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/white-papers/h8046-clariion-celerra-unified-fast-cache-wp.pdf
Clariion CX4 TechBooks
http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/solution-overview/h2197-vmware-esx-clariion-stor-syst-ldv.pdf
http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h5512-emc-clariion-virtual-provisioning-wp.pdf
Celerra Techbook
Symmetrix TechBooks & Whitepapers
VMax on vSphere TechBook (Updated for vSphere 5!!) http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/solution-overview/h2529-vmware-esx-svr-w-symmetrix-wp-ldv.pdf
http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/technical-documentation/h7095-vsi-storage-pool-mngt-tb.pdf
Details on NMP RR on VMax
http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h8119-tuning-vmware-symmetrix-wp.pdf
Storage Pools Deep Dive
http://storagezilla.typepad.com/storagezilla/2010/05/the-clariion-storage-pool.html
And for the folks who were curious about the Stretched Cluster topic, I can offer the following resources:
Understanding vSphere Stretched Clusters, Disaster Recovery, and Planned Workload Mobility http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2011/09/vmworld-2011-content-bco2479-understanding-vsphere-stretched-clusters-disaster-recovery-and-planned-workload-mobility.html
Stretched Cluster Presentation
http://blog.scottlowe.org/2011/10/03/updated-stretched-cluster-presentation/
Video of Stretched Cluster Presentation (delivered by the Jedi Master himself, Scott Lowe) http://blog.scottlowe.org/2011/07/18/video-of-stretched-cluster-presentation/
vSphere 5.0 HA and metro / stretched cluster solutions http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/10/05/vsphere-5-0-ha-and-metro-stretched-cluster-solutions/
Understanding vSphere Disaster Recovery/Avoidance options http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2010/11/understanding-vsphere-disaster-recoveryavoidance-options-part-i.html
VMware support statements
vSphere Metro Stretched Cluster (VMware supported) KB:
http://<http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2007545>kb.vmware.com/kb/2007545<http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2007545>
vMotion over Distance support with EMC VPLEX Metro
Using VPLEX Metro with VMware HA
http<http://powerlink.emc.com/km/live1/en_US/Offering_Technical/White_Paper/h8218-vplex-metro-vmware-ha-wp.pdf>://powerlink.emc.com/km/live1/en_US/Offering_Technical/White_Paper/h8218-vplex-metro-vmware-ha-wp.pdf<http://powerlink.emc.com/km/live1/en_US/Offering_Technical/White_Paper/h8218-vplex-metro-vmware-ha-wp.pdf>
USING VMWARE VSPHERE WITH EMC VPLEX
VPLEX Metro 5.0 and Application Mobility with vSphere 4.1 http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/vplex-metro-app-mobility-vsphere.pdf
EMC VPLEX Metro Witness Technology and High Availability http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/technical-documentation/h7113-vplex-architecture-deployment.pdf
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