Standardize HCI performance testing; NSX-T gets Pivotal support; and more

Modern Infrastructure Digest News and advice for creating tomorrow's data center | December 7, 2017 FEATURED STORY New HCI benchmark standardizes performance testing By Ryann Burnett, Site Editor IT can now use a new benchmark to measure the performance of hyper-converged infrastructures. Read this Q&A with VMware engineer Reza Taheri to find out more. (SearchServerVirtualization.com) Advertisement NEWS   Less is more when it comes to a DevOps tool stack Enterprise IT shops share how they standardize a DevOps tool stack that works for developers, testers, operations and the business. (SearchITOperations.com)   VMware launches upgrade of NSX-T The latest version of VMware NSX-T supports the Pivotal Container Service, which adds support for Kubernetes clusters to the vSphere virtualization platform. (SearchNetworking.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Are you up to date on storage and memory trends? Storage and memory changes as flash chip prices drop and adoption rises. Know the latest trends in data center storage architecture to stay ahead of the curve. (SearchDataCenter.com)   Eagerly awaiting a feature-complete vSphere Client Anticipation is mounting for the next version of vSphere and, with it, a feature-complete version of the HTML5-based vSphere Client. (SearchVMware.com)   Evaluate hypervisor support for OpenStack Users must evaluate OpenStack hypervisor support, focusing on aspects like maturity, security and management to ensure private cloud integration. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   A Cloud Foundry overview written for IT operations Cloud Foundry BOSH helps IT operations streamline infrastructure deployment and management, but internal PaaS is still a big change. (SearchITOperations.com)   Write your first Ansible playbook Delve into these Ansible playbook examples to learn how the configuration management tool makes short work of tasks. (SearchITOperations.com)   Emerging technologies change the virtualization admin job Virtualization admin responsibilities have evolved with the increasing popularity of hybrid cloud, multi-hypervisor and multi-cloud environments. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   A BOSH tutorial for beginners This introductory BOSH tutorial explains how the BOSH open source tool bundles files and configuration details to deploy web apps in a controlled manner. (SearchVMware.com)   New server features impact IT buying decisions For IT, how to choose a server remains a complicated decision. Consider consolidation, virtualization and security specs before making a purchase. (SearchDataCenter.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Modern Infrastructure Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Data Center and Virtualization Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2016 TechTarget. All rights reserved.