Hello Richard,
I have 5 different models of QNAPs all running iSCSI from ESXi.
I run VMs directing from them and use others for storage LUNs and while QNAP is
rock solid, I would NOT recommend QNAP in a production VM running environment
unless you’re willing to deal with a 1 week RMA process with no Advance RMA
options. Outside of this, performance is excellent when you separate interfaces
and VLAN it. My concern is support, since I had 1 unit experience NIC issues,
and it was a real challenge to get them to swap the unit. Having said that,
Cisco sells rebranded QNAPs (3-4 different models) and offers proper business
support. If you want to deploy this right, buy via Cisco. Also, make sure you
hard drives you buy are on the QNAP compatibility list.
Rebranded QNAPs from Cisco
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/solutions/small_business/products/storage/nss300/index.html
Good luck,
-Ben
From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 2:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: QNAP iSCSI target for ESX 4.1
Anyone using a QNAP device as an iSCSI target in a VMware ESX 4.1 production
environment? Any experiences you can share?
On a related note, I'm thinking of adding some iSCSI datastores in addition to
the ones already presented via FC from my EVA. Any reason that's not a good
idea? We have a number of VMs that don't have significant I/O requirements
(think WSUS servers and the like) that I'm thinking of moving off of the
expensive storage to an inexpensive iSCSI solution such as a QNAP array.
Thanks,
RS
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