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Unexplored Territory

Unexplored Territory

Duncan Epping

The Unexplored Territory Podcast is a bi-weekly show focussing on datacenter and cloud related topics, with a heavy emphasis on VMware/Broadcom products and the VMware ecosystem. The show is hosted by Duncan Epping (author of Yellow-Bricks.com, and the vSphere Clustering and vSAN Deep Dive book series), and each episode will feature an industry-leading expert to dive deep into their area of expertise.
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Unexplored Territory - #091 - Discussing performance with Ravi Soundararajan
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02/24/25 • 47 min

In episode 091 of the Unexplored Territory Podcast we have Ravi Soundararajan as a guest to discuss all things performance. There's a reason Ravi's name on X is "vCenterPerfGuy". Ravi has been involved in performance troubleshooting and engineering for the longest time, and shares his insights in some of the most recent findings with regards to vSphere Tagging and the API performance. Ravi also discusses vCenter bandwidth requirements and some of the vCenter task limits there are in place. Make sure to listen to this episode from start to finish!

Some papers discussed:

https://www.vmware.com/docs/vcenter80u3-tagging-perf

https://www.vmware.com/docs/robo-vcenter67-perf

https://www.vmware.com/docs/vc6-perf-bp

Disclaimer: The thoughts and opinions shared in this podcast are our own/guest(s), and not necessarily those of Broadcom or VMware by Broadcom.

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In episode 034, we have William Lam as a second-time guest discussing everything home labs! William has been writing about home labs for over a decade, probably. We could not imagine a better person to discuss this topic with. Considering at the time of publication, it is almost Christmas. We decided to ask William what his top 10 home lab gifts would be. Williams' Christmas Top 10 Wishlist Number 10: Velcro cable managementNumber 09: Smart Power meter /UPS/ APC Surge ArrestNumber 08: K...
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In episode 067, we spoke with Jerry Rijnbeek on the topic of Rubrik, and how Rubrik enables customers to secure their data against natural disasters as well as ransomware, but more importantly, also helps customers to develop a data security posture.Follow us on X for updates and news about upcoming episodes: https://x.com/UnexploredPod.Last but not least, make sure to hit that subscribe button and share the episode with your friends and colleagues!Disclaimer: The thoughts and opinions shared...
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I recently read a blog post on AI/ML performance on top of VCF, and figured it was time to invite Frank Denneman back to the podcast. During the episode we discuss VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA, and Frank also mention Ollama as a great starting point.

Disclaimer: The thoughts and opinions shared in this podcast are our own/guest(s), and not necessarily those of Broadcom, VMware by Broadcom, or SAP.

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Over the last few years stretched environments have been extremely popular amongst vSAN and VMware Cloud Foundation customers. The storage is the easy part, the network is usually where it gets more complex. To discuss the best practices, requirements, and caveats I invited Paudie O'Riordan to the show to share his knowledge and expertise!

Disclaimer: The thoughts and opinions shared in this podcast are our own/guest(s), and not necessarily those of Broadcom or VMware by Broadcom.

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Unexplored Territory - #006 - Event-driven automation (VEBA) with William Lam!
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12/27/21 • 44 min

In this sixth episode, we talk to William Lam, Senior Staff Architect in the Cloud Infrastructure Business Group at VMware about event-driven automation. William explains what event-driven automation is, how customers are using it today, and why you should also consider trying out the VMware Event Broker Applience! (https://flings.vmware.com/vmware-event-broker-appliance)Make sure to follow William on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lamw. Also, make sure to bookmark his website: https://williaml...
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Recently Pure Storage announced the availability of Cloud Block Store (CBS) for Microsoft Azure VMware Solution (AVS). Duncan invited Cody Hosterman of Pure Storage to talk us through the announcement!Make sure to follow Cody on Twitter: https://twitter.com/codyhosterman. Also, make sure to bookmark his website, https://www.codyhosterman.com/, as he has excellent content on all things vVols, SPBM, CBS, and much more!Follow us on Twitter for updates and news about upcoming episodes: https://tw...
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Another VMware Explore Conference is in the books. Our hosts were in Las Vegas to present, attend, and enjoy the conference, but also to let you experience some of the buzz that was going on. In a packed episode, we have 6 different guests to talk about the biggest VMware conference in the world:Doug Rickets (Synology) - A conversation about Synology and how they provide solutions for customers with different use cases.Anthony Spiteri - A conversation about the Boston Dynamics Spot and why Ve...
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Unexplored Territory - #053 - What's new in vSphere 8.0 U2 with Féidhlim O'Leary
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08/15/23 • 34 min

We invited Féidhlim O'Leary back to the show to discuss the vSphere 8.0 Update 2 announcement. What new features is VMware introducing in vSphere 8.0 U2, and how does it benefit our customers? Make sure to visit Techzone, and read up on all the announcements and the enhancements introduced.Follow us on Twitter for updates and news about upcoming episodes: https://twitter.com/UnexploredPod.Last but not least, hit that subscribe button, rate where ever possible, and share the episode with your ...
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For this episode I decided to invite Johan van Amersfoort to discuss with us his experiences at NVIDIA GTC, Kubecon London, and of course the Dutch VMUG. Or should we say, the start of event season? Johan shared countless of updates and videos on LinkedIn, make sure to check those out while you are at it!

Disclaimer: The thoughts and opinions shared in this podcast are our own/guest(s), and not necessarily those of Broadcom, VMware by Broadcom, or SAP.

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How many episodes does Unexplored Territory have?

Unexplored Territory currently has 98 episodes available.

What topics does Unexplored Territory cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Technology.

What is the most popular episode on Unexplored Territory?

The episode title '#031 - Living on the edge with VMware Edge Compute Stack! Featuring Marilyn Basanta.' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Unexplored Territory?

The average episode length on Unexplored Territory is 43 minutes.

How often are episodes of Unexplored Territory released?

Episodes of Unexplored Territory are typically released every 14 days.

When was the first episode of Unexplored Territory?

The first episode of Unexplored Territory was released on Oct 17, 2021.

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