Hi,
I am looking for a new SAN for my 7 node, 200+ vm vmware cluster. I
currently have a Dell Equallogic SAN with one hybrid node (completely
full so I need to add on more fast storage space) and 5 regular nodes of
which 3 are going to be EOL by Dell in a year (for no good reason). I
have narrowed my choices down to EMC (because I already have a VNX for
NAS services), Fujitsu, and Nimble Storage.
From what I can see, the EMC and Fujitsu are your old school style of
SAN with lots of smaller disks to get the IOPs needed and lots of
flexibility (and more complexity) in setting them up while Nimble is
using software algorithms to get performance and they focus on
simplicity (kind of like the Dell). I am tempted by the Nimble as I
work in a very resource constrained environment and simple is good, but
I am a bit concerned about how they will perform over a variety of
workloads.
So I appreciate your thoughts on Nimble vs traditional SAN's. What
workloads does a Nimble not do well on? Are there any special features
to a Fujitsu or EMC VNX that would make them better with vmware?
Thanks in advance.
cheers,
ski
--
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it
connected to the entire universe" John Muir
Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, [email protected], 206-501-9803
or ski98033 on most IM services
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