SAN and NAS are in the same boat, using network storage with ES is problematic. DAS and JBOD are fine. ES will run fine on hardware or virtualised.
It really comes down to your needs and budget. On 13 February 2015 at 01:55, <rondelvic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > After my first > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/elasticsearch/US-BA4R_Qdc> > and second question > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/elasticsearch/FGKUmzn-WSs> > regarding clusters' examples and multy-tenancy with garantee of service, I > have one more on my way to production : > > Could you describe the *pros* and *cons* of the : > > 1. Disks : *DAS* (Direct Attached Storage) - *JBOD* (Just a Bunch Of > Disks) / *SAN* (Storage Area Network)? I take it that NAS is most > of the time to be avoided > 2. Servers : bare metal servers / virtual servers ? > > For those interested : > > - JBOD / SAN storage discussion in "To Raid or not to Raid": > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/ > elasticsearch/hardware/elasticsearch/HSj2fZGdU1Y/4mFCBTCb-JcJ > > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/elasticsearch/hardware/elasticsearch/HSj2fZGdU1Y/4mFCBTCb-JcJ> > - Doc which states about SSDs, RAID0, NAS, networks > > > http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/hardware.html > > Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3ab36482-e4fb-4dd0-99cd-044d2e4257ea%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3ab36482-e4fb-4dd0-99cd-044d2e4257ea%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X8Xe1CXVT3TcdWPmzd1HmE_P8VdTzB0%2BqG%3Dyj9ePSNKiw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
