{"podcast":{"title":"Virtually Speaking Podcast","slug":"virtually-speaking-podcast-174853","podcast_index_feed_id":174853,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/virtuallyspeakingpodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.vspeakingpodcast.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9388395/vsp-alt-square_3d5tvh.png","author":"Virtually Speaking Podcast","episode_count":100,"summary":"The Virtually Speaking Podcast is a technical podcast dedicated to discussing VMware topics related to private and hybrid cloud. Each week Pete Flecha and John Nicholson bring in various subject matter experts from VMware and from within the industry to discuss their respective areas of expertise. If you’re new to the Virtually Speaking Podcast check out all episodes on vspeakingpodcast.com and follow on Twitter\\X @VirtSpeaking","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T08:19:21.032421+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/virtually-speaking-podcast-174853"},"episode":{"title":"From Rising Costs to Smarter Storage: The VCF 9.1 Reality","slug":"from-rising-costs-to-smarter-storage-the-vcf-9-1-reality","published_at":"2026-05-05T20:14:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/virtually-speaking-podcast-174853/from-rising-costs-to-smarter-storage-the-vcf-9-1-reality","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/virtually-speaking-podcast-174853","url":"https://www.vspeakingpodcast.com/e/from-rising-costs-to-smarter-storage-the-vcf-91-reality/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3k8yxrgt5jhngzhr/vcf91_ep5_vsan.mp3","summary":"Storage is at the center of rising infrastructure costs, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with Rakesh to explore how VCF 9.1 is tackling that challenge head-on. From cutting hardware requirements in half to introducing global deduplication and native S3 object storage, this conversation dives into how vSAN is evolving to support modern workloads while driving down costs. They also explore new cyber recovery capabilities that bring compute, storage, and networking together for a more complete resilience strategy. If you’re looking to understand how storage is changing in the AI and cloud-native era, and what it means for your environment, this episode is packed with insights.","meta_description":"Storage is at the center of rising infrastructure costs, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with Rakesh to explore how VCF 9.1 is tackling that c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":662,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/virtually-speaking-podcast-174853/episodes/from-rising-costs-to-smarter-storage-the-vcf-9-1-reality/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/virtually-speaking-podcast-174853/from-rising-costs-to-smarter-storage-the-vcf-9-1-reality.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}