Re: Share Datastore Cluster between two Host Clusters
To add some additional warm and fuzzy to this thread - absolutely, and I have done it in the past for various folks without issue (in production, no less).
View ArticleStorage DRS - Storage pools
I've been wondering about a question; if I do NOT have storage DRS (Enterprise licenses, not Enterprise +) then would it even have any value to set up storage pools (Datastore Cluster)? Most of the...
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Thanks guys - is there any place I could find official VMWare docs showing that it is a supported configuration?
View ArticleRe: Dell MD3 arrays, DDP (Dynamic Disk Pools) and multipathing
Hi As far as I can tell the configuration looks ok.I only used disk groups so far but I there shouldn't be a difference in multipathing compared to a disk pool.So if the MD is properly dicovered as...
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I believe the maintenance mode feature is still handy, as the VMDKs on the datastore would be migrated to another datastore in the cluster via Storage vMotion.
View ArticleRe: HP/3PAR StoreServ 7000
We are also considering purchasing a 3PAR 7200 and are at the stage of determining the storage requirements. The storage system will support a virtualise infrastructure, could anyone please offer...
View ArticleRe: Dell MD3 arrays, DDP (Dynamic Disk Pools) and multipathing
Hi, Thanks for the reply. I have not tried rebooting the controller and switch yet. I have tried moving the preferred controller. What I can see so far from the ESXi perspective is 4 active paths, two...
View ArticleRegarding path fail over
Hi,When EMC VNX storage processor was failed, there was a difference in path failover time in ESX4.1 and ESX5.0.ESX4.1 --- Few secondsESX5.0 --- 1minI working on investigate for cause of a difference.I...
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Re: Dell MD3 arrays, DDP (Dynamic Disk Pools) and multipathing
Hi The path configuration and failover behavior is looking good. Personally I prefer performance and usually go with RAID10 to meet the I/O requirements. If you still achieve some reasonable capacity...
View ArticleRe: Dell MD3 arrays, DDP (Dynamic Disk Pools) and multipathing
Another thought... DDP whilst cool, new, offering fast rebuild times and giving great multiple disk failure protection, is slower for streaming reads and random writes than RAID 6. Dell's new Dynamic...
View ArticleRe: Storage DRS - Storage pools
Chris, thanks for the input. Don't I need Storage DRS licenses to even use the Datastore Maintenance Mode? I thought you did, and I don't have Enterprise +, just plain Enterprise. JL
View ArticleRe: HP/3PAR StoreServ 7000
I'd like to humbly suggest you are doing it backwards.... Determine your IO requirements (IO/s, size, latency), give them to your vendor(s) of choice, and have THEM design a solution and RAID levels...
View ArticleRe: Veeam b&r Direct san
The description regarding Direct SAN Access mode configuration can be found at Veeam Community Forum: http://forums.veeam.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9329#p39948 As far as I know, you can also ask...
View ArticleRe: Storage DRS - Storage pools
True, Ent+ is needed for the automatic migration of the VMDK disks, but you can still use maintenance mode on a datastore and kick off the storage migrations. Also, there is still the initial placement...
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Chris; Thanks a lot for the clarification. I think you've helped me decide to go ahead and set it up. I guess now's the time, since this is a new environment. JL
View ArticleRe: LSI 9260 w Supermicro X9SCM
Not sure if this thread is still alive but I have a X9SCL+-F-O and LSI 9207-8i and I have the same issues. Can you explain what the ESX LSI 5.34 update is? I googled but didn't get much. Thanks!
View ArticleRe: HP/3PAR StoreServ 7000
I am working with 3PAR for the past 2 years, we have T400, V serires and the latest 7400 with 4 controllers,The main highlight of 3PAR is- very simple to manage, lun provision, exposure etc.- it is...
View ArticleOracle setup on VMware with NFS Datastores
Hello, I am trying to build out some oracle virtual machines based on RHEL 6.x and can't seem to create shared vmdk's on a nfs datastore. I am trying to use a vmdk that is presented to 2 virtual...
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