If you want to go RAID10, do you have enough space for all your VMs + growth needs? If so, go RAID10, if not go RAID5, I don't think you'll notice "much" given the size of implementation.
Shook ________________________________ From: David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 3:00 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 At some point yes ...a SAN would be justified. performance is more important at this point. My next thought is to eventually move to a SAN. when may depend on the size of my disks. but really want to see if RAID 10 is worth the sacrifice of space. ----- Original Message ---- From: Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues <exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 11:49:36 AM Subject: RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 Thinking long term, would you rather have space or performance? Do you see this implementation growing to a point where a SAN would be justified? Shook ________________________________ From: David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 2:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 Good question....local ----- Original Message ---- From: Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues <exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 11:44:23 AM Subject: RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 Local array or SAN? Shook ________________________________ From: David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 2:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 I am looking at installing VMWare in my environment. For about 20 -30 users at this point. Have any of you implemented it on a raid 5? I don't envision anything too intense for useage but if you could give me feedback on your experience using vmware on raid 5 or raid 10 and your preferences. obviously it depends on what i am running - exchange and some small databases in this case. Regards, David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~