Vmware

Today i researched why my ESXi 7 based virtualization host didn’t accept my second, Realtek RTL8125 based, network adapter. Contrary to the primary one, which is Intel-based, there was not sign of detection in the hypervisor. Unfortunately i then found that - contrary to what i had in mind - VMware actually does not feature any Realtek drivers. Also the drivers that worked until ESXi6 will not work on ESXi 7 as the architecture for the drivers (vmklinux) has changed. ...

Today i found a helpful Link at SAP regarding the virtualization of SAP HANA on VMware vSphere: http://www.saphana.com/docs/DOC-3334  ...

I just researched how much the difference between a virtualized versus a native Installation of SAP HANA might be in terms of performance. When looking at the different sites, i was finally able to be find a blog entry of VMware  where the author describes the result of the SAP BW-EML Benchmark which was run on native and virtual environments using a HP DL580 Gen8, 4 processors with 60 cores / 120 threads. ...