On my new server I expect to run about 13-14 VMs. Most of them will be idling but two VMs might use a good chunk of resources (these two will handle application deployment, software updates, and OS imaging).
To ensure that all VMs run at a reasonable speed, what kind of disks should I get? For now I am thinking about this (limit of 8 drives on this server).
4x RAID 10 with WD RE4 500GB drives to host hypervisor and the VMs
4x RAID 5 with WD WD20EADS drives to store the software update/application files and the OS images, as well as movies/TVs and personal documents
Will this be OK or should I run 8 drives in RAID 10 and store the other files on a new machine?
To ensure that all VMs run at a reasonable speed, what kind of disks should I get? For now I am thinking about this (limit of 8 drives on this server).
4x RAID 10 with WD RE4 500GB drives to host hypervisor and the VMs
4x RAID 5 with WD WD20EADS drives to store the software update/application files and the OS images, as well as movies/TVs and personal documents
Will this be OK or should I run 8 drives in RAID 10 and store the other files on a new machine?