Recent content by morgande

Built a modest 15Tb ESXi AIO using OpenIndiana and Napp-It. Total usable space is just under 11Tb, running in a RaidZ configuration with 10% overflow protection. I also have a 1Tb local storage disk, and I plan on adding another 1Tb in a pool of mirrored Vdevs for VM storage. Case: Antec P280...

Ah! So, as they say in the federal government, why build one when you can build TWO for twice the price! In this case, I use a 2nd iSCSI vswitch to handle external AIO host or other physical machines that require access to the SAN. I use the first iSCSI vswitch to handle the needs of the...

What about if you wanted to use SAN both as an AIO as well as on a physical network? If the SAN is only serving the ESXi host, that is fine and well. BUT...what happens when you add more than one ESXi host? How do you configure a second ESXi host to use the same shared storage area network...

Here is an example of the two HA multipaths I was mentioning. I want to know how you could do 'this' is an AIO. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu-HyD3E3cw

I guess what I'm trying to understand is how the network configuration is different for an AIO vs a standalone SAN. So for example, on a stand alone SAN, I see two popular network configurations. One involves configuring two sets of VMKerel ports on a single vswitch. The switch is teamed...

If your looking at Supermicro-based system, I would suggest buying a board that has an LSI SAS controller on-board. It will cut down the amount of additional cards you have to buy.

Hello All, I am somewhat of a newbie when it comes to virtualization. In particular if your building out an enviornment from the ground up. I am in the process of building an AIO. I have a question about the SAN portion of the AIO...specifically the network configuration. Assuming the...