Michael,
Yep I am on 5.0 now and all three providers support VAAI (although
Nimble does not support Full Copy like EMC or Fujitsu).
cheers,
ski
On 08/05/2013 09:16 AM, Michael Ryder 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]
<mailto:[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
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