Re: New Datastore not showing the expected amount of storage
True... but be also aware of the fact that when using a block size of 4MB only, no single vdisk (.vmdk) can exceed 1024GB in size.. Maybe that's fine in your setup...Only you can tell.. /Rubeck
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Thank you André Follow-up question. What is the recommended way to fix this? Here is my opinion.I could take the chance and try this http://www.whitneytechnologies.com/?p=270. Or I could create...
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I'd go with the classic method of doing an in-guest copy of the data. The instructions on the web site you mentioned may work - although you should never use the "cp" command on a VMFS datastore - but...
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Thank you again André. Since we do have another way of backing up the files and are not in any hurry I will do the old faithful way. Mike
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Most arrays and RAID controllers allow to split the raw disk space into several logical volumes which are then presented to the operating systems. Assuming your controller supports this, I'd create a...
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Re: Planning a new storage solution
That's a BAD idea I'd look strictly @ VMware VSA on your place. And here's why. When it comes to storage there are few things you need to take a look at initially. So, one-by-one: 1) Support. VMware...
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Re: Planning a new storage solution
Exactly! Adding to what I've told already having extra hypervisor host will allow to do better balancing. 3 >> 2. VMware VSA --Isn't this a solution built on a Windows operating system? If...
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Re: Problem with multi connections on iSCSI Target
Of course you can do it! Just a few options: 1) You should use cluster-aware file system to format the volume. GlusterFS, OCFS2, VMFS, SFS, MelioFS etc. They keep a 2) Using non-cluster aware file...
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Hi Rubeck,I do what I mentionhere ...For me to get that amount of space to be available for a VM will I need the following ...SAN - 4 drives @ 600 GB Raid 5 (Segment Size = 128 KB)VMWARE - Block size...
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I just post a suggestion ,so please take it easy.OK?Also please make the market regular , please post your own opinion without any personal abuse.
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Re: Planning a new storage solution
Easy guys, I was just asking for opinions and that's what I got. In the end it's up to me to try and form my own opinion from yours. No harm done yet Okay so what I've found is that if you ask 10...
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Re: Planning a new storage solution
1) This is not a suggestion this is a broke marketing pitch for the company you work for. Quite a different thing 2) Self-moderation is not allowed from what I know 3) VMware community is not a...
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1) 3 10 GbE cards are maybe $400 each so does not sound like a very big investment. If you'd go with an external storage you'll end with a 10 GbE to get comparable performance either way. 2) Backups...
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Re: Planning a new storage solution
> 1) 3 10 GbE cards are maybe $400 each so does not sound like a very big investment. If you'd go with an external storage you'll end with a 10 GbE to get comparable performance either way Yeah that...
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Brocade also produces HBA (Host Bus Adapters) cards which we install on servers to have connectivity option/ports. Thus generally, EMC and NetApp (and IBM, Hitachi, HP etc...)produces storage devices...
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I am not sure of IBM storage, but generally disabled write cache should not cause the VM to lose connectivity (unless it causes very high latency for disk access). Please check the fabric side,...
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Is this DS3524 a multiple controller unit or just a single controller? Directly connected to the host, or connected through a switch?
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It has multiple controllers but we are just using one of them. It is a direct connection from the card to the controller. No switch.
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I wonder if your DS3524 may be trespassing the LUN to the other controller. What is the OS type that you are using on the DS3524 side? Also, check this article, it matches the sense codes you are...
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Cannot browse datastore ... empty
(Let me premise my questions by letting you know this is a test lab.)I have a single ESXi 5.1 host with two nested vEsxi host in a cluster. Two virtual FreeNas 8.3 shared iSCSI storage devices where...
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