Re: RAID System
This will depend on your RAID controller.Generally RAID 1 will only consist of 2 drives, more than 2 drives and then it will become RAID 10 (or RAID 1+0).
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Moderator note: Moved from the VCP-DCV forum area to the vSphere Storage forum area. This isn't a vSphere-specific question, have a look here: RAID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
View ArticleRe: SCSI and ISCSI
To start with:Learn how SCSI works: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/scsi.htmLearn how ISCSI works:What is iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface)? - Definition from WhatIs.comOnce you go...
View ArticleRe: Reclaim of deallocated blocks at the VMDK level
Sorry for the necro. I was just thinking about VMs sending the trim command to the virtual disk driver, as it could be used to automatically shrink virtual disk images. It turns out there is no...
View ArticleRe: Is local storage a viable option with VMware?
If you are going to use local storage, make sure you use a RAID controller with write-cache. ESXi doesn't do caching on the OS level, so it is required to have write-back mode (usually with...
View ArticleIs local storage a viable option with VMware?
At this point, I have concluded the following: 1) Good shared storage is very expensive compared to good local storage. 2) Good shared storage is much more prone to complex failures than local storage....
View ArticleRe: vmx and logs gone for Virtual Machine
this was the way to go http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1002511
View ArticleRe: SCSI and ISCSI
SCSI is a standard and how it is used to transfer the data differs like : ISCSI used IP based transport system and uses TCP/IP as a transport mechanism.There are other ways of scsi protocol to be...
View ArticleNeed to Migrate SQL Cluster to VMware
Due to the Microsoft Licensing changes on how they license sql server (2008 and on), I need to migrate a physical SQL cluster to VMware. Currently my SQL cluster is connected to a EMC VNX5300. I...
View ArticleRe: Need to Migrate SQL Cluster to VMware
I would suggest using physical RDM as this would isolute storage traffic from standard network traffic unless of course you will be using dedicated storage network. As for the type of network, you...
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The dedicated storage network would be the ESXi boxes connected directly to the SAN switch via SFP+ cables. This is then connected to the VNX via shielded CAT6A cables.
View ArticleProblem Removing Datastores in 5.5
I am having trouble removing some old datastores. They have been unmounted and detached, and show as (inactive) in vSphere. When I try to delete them, I get an error: Operation failed, diagnostics...
View ArticleRe: Problem Removing Datastores in 5.5
This KB article will assist you VMware KB: Unmounting a LUN or detaching a datastore/storage device from multiple VMware ESXi 5.x hosts By the detaching the volume, you essentially remove it. All you...
View ArticleRe: vFlash performance metrics missing
In case anybody else finds this thread via Google - the performance counters only seem to appear in the web client after a given VM has been enabled for flash cache for a while. I'm not sure of the...
View ArticleRe: Problem Removing Datastores in 5.5
The datastores were still showing connected to some hosts, I rescanned VMFS on those hosts and they went away and the datastores removed successfully. Thanks!
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Need help with these virtual machine questions??
HI GUYS I NEED HELP WITH THIS MATCH THE FOLLOWINGCAN ANY! POST THE RITE ANSWERS??? THANKS
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The last one is F. DMA is used by network cards for example to access RAM without using the CPU. Also bypassing the hypervisor when using RAM wouldn't be good, as the hypervisor uses techniques to save...
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as per my knowledge there is just one question that is wrong im unable to figure it out i hope its the last one
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Answers areADBF Message was edited by: Vikas
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