Session Details
Session ID:	TAC9668
Session Title:	VMmark: A Scalable Benchmark for Virtualized Systems
Session Abstract:	This session explains why benchmarking virtual infrastructure is difficult and why it is important for hardware and software evaluation and capacity planning. VMware is working to measure and understand system performance in virtualized datacenters. Virtualized environments are not well measured by traditional benchmarking methodologies, which focus on driving a single workload to full system utilization. An appropriate virtual machine benchmark should employ realistic, diverse workloads and generate an easily understandable metric that scales with the hardware capacity of the underlying system. This session presents VMmark, a viable benchmarking solution, and includes benchmark results from several hardware platforms.
Track:	Exploring Technology and Architecture
Topics:	Capacity Planning; DataCenter; ESX Server; GSX Server; Performance; Resource Management; Server Consolidation; Server Platform; Virtual Infrastructure
Technical Level:	Level 3: Advanced (VCP or equivalent experience level)
Session Type:	Educational / Training Session
Duration:	60
Room:	411
Speaker/Company:	Bruce Herndon, VMware; Vikram Makhija, VMware