Are you firm on SAN? Have you looked at either Tintri or Tegile for a NAS datastore? The Tintri in particular is extremely easy to set up. The Tegile is a bit more powerful (and does both SAN and NAS, your choice). They also dedupe, which is great for VMWare. They both have full plugin support and are pretty nifty hybrid technology (some NL-SAS, some SSD).
What are your requirements for performance and capacity? -Adam On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Michael Ryder <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you on ESXi5 or greater? > > One thing to consider is whether your chosen storage supports VAAI > > http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021976 > > I know that HP and EMC provide VAAI drivers for most of their gear, across > the past few years. > > You may want to review whether there are VAAI drivers for the Nimble that > you select: > http://communities.vmware.com/thread/436331?start=0&tstart=0 > > Mike > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Ski Kacoroski <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss<https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss> >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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