VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-23 Thread David Baca
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 preferenc

RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-23 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
y, 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 yo

RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-23 Thread Andy Shook
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

Re: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-23 Thread David Baca
Good questionlocal - Original Message From: Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 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:

RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-23 Thread Andy Shook
Issues Subject: Re: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 Good questionlocal - Original Message From: Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 11:44:23 AM Subject: RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 Local array or SAN?

Re: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-23 Thread Rob Bonfiglio
ll SQL DB's and 2 Exchange > servers (Journal and DR) Depending on your environment and budget RAID5 > would be fine > > > > *From:* David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Monday, June 23, 2008 2:21 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* VMWare RAID 10

Re: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-23 Thread David Baca
Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 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?

RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-23 Thread Andy Shook
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 r

RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-23 Thread Webster
From: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 Is it safe to assume that you meant RAID 5+1? If not.what is RAID 8? I believe he means RAID5 configured as 8 drives plus 1 hot spare. Webster ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine

RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-23 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
Haha yup sorry bout that, Webster is correct 8 Drives Plus One Hot Spare, all Fiber 15K From: Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 3:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 From: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-23 Thread Joseph L. Casale
accept it can happen faster without loosing it all. jlc From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 1:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 Haha yup sorry bout that, Webster is correct 8 Drives Plus One Hot Spare, all Fiber

RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-24 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
Indeed we are slowly moving towards RAID6 On some of the EMC Systems we have here. From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 9:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 Just an opinion, but if your going that route, use

RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-24 Thread Jason Gurtz
> Indeed we are slowly moving towards RAID6 On some of the EMC Systems > we have here. Just for my overall perspective on this Raid6 topic: Like anything else, it's a tradeoff. In this case yet another performance hit for peace of mind. I wish I could remember the exact formulas and numbers, bu

RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-24 Thread Martin Blackstone
I have 56 spindles -Original Message- From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 > Indeed we are slowly moving towards RAID6 On some of the EMC Systems > we have here. Ju

RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

2008-06-24 Thread Martin Blackstone
My bad. 46 spindles and 10 spares. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:23 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5 I have 56 spindles -Original Message- From: Jason Gurtz [mailto