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VCF 9.1 Memory Tiering: Before You Cut the DRAM

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Broadcom’s VCF 9.1 Memory Tiering post, published in May 2026, says enterprise DDR5 RDIMM costs have surged since 2023 and that a high-density virtualization node now costs more than twice as much as it did. I already went through the 2026 memory and flash price numbers in my post vSphere Standard Is Coming Back, and … Read more

vSphere Standard Is Coming Back, and Proxmox Just Grew Up a Little

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This week two things happened on the same day. VMware confirmed it will release an updated vSphere Standard, and Proxmox announced 24/7 enterprise support plus a North American subsidiary. There is no indication that either was a response to the other. Together they say more about the lower end of the virtualization market than almost … Read more