The vCenter Control Plane: Optimization, Sizing, and the “Hidden” Java Tax
vCenter performance optimization is consistently under-engineered — not because the fixes are complex, but because most teams don’t understand what they’re actually tuning. Most engineers treat the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) like a utility — a simple management console that just needs to “be there.” They deploy it using the “Tiny” preset, snapshot it once…