Re: esx raid

["Helen George" <ukha_d@xxxxxxxx>]

I stand corrected (thankfully). That is good news.

Peter.




--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Martyn Wendon" <martynwendon@...>
wrote:
>
> Hardware support under ESXi is limited - as you say it's an Enterprise
level
> product really.
>
> But, Dell SAS/5ir and Dell Perc/5i pci-x raid cards get good results
under
> ESXi.  Both can be picked up reasonably cheaply on eBay and are
monitored
> under the VMWare Infrastructure Client.
>
> I've just installed a SAS/5ir in my HP Proliant ML115 G5 machine with
a
> couple of 15,000 rpm SAS hard drives in a RAID0 array and it's
screamingly
> fast :-)
>
>
> Martyn (currently migrating Asterisk to a VM under ESXi)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Helen George" <ukha_d@...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:35 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] esx raid
>
>
> > Good to see some interesting chats about virtulization going on.
> >
> > One thing I would add is that if you are considering esx (AFAIK)
you will
> > need to be carefull about using RAID. If you currently rely on
software in
> > the operating system to monitor the raid arrays and to tell you
when a
> > disk has failed etc, then these software systems will not work
due to esx
> > now being in the way. Instead you will need a fancy RAID card or
other
> > system (HP = ILO or Dells DRAC) that MAY allow external
monitoring of raid
> > status.
> >
> > esx is an enteprise product and is designed to work with storage
that is
> > not located in the box running esx, i.e. Storage Area Networks
that have
> > there own monitoring systems.
> >
> >
> > Probably the easier method is to use VMWare Server/Player to host
your
> > virtual machines. This is installed on top of another OS that has
been cut
> > down to the bare minimum install (to provide as much grunt as
possible to
> > the VMs) and with all the monitoring tools installed to tell you
when
> > things start to go pear shaped.
> >
> > ttfn
> >
> > Peter.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>




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