VMware published an interesting video about SSD / Virtual Flash capabilities of ESXi 5.5 (vSphere).
With Virtual Flash it’s possibile to accelerate read I/O operations caching data on flash storage.
The video provides information about the Virtual Flash technology capabilities and how it works. Furthermore, you can find many links to official sources to configure Virtual Flash on your own.
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