RE: [NTSysADM] VMware San replication advise

2016-04-20 Thread Tom Cass
listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Michael Leone Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:27 AM To: ntsys...@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] VMware San replication advise On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Tom Cass wrote: > Need some design

RE: [NTSysADM] VMware San replication advise

2016-04-20 Thread Tom Cass
...@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] VMware San replication advise I've always relied on the replication/DR capabilities included with apps like SQL and Exchange vs. SAN based replication solutions. With that said, I've never encountered network interruption associated with tak

Re: [NTSysADM] VMware San replication advise

2016-04-20 Thread Michael Leone
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Tom Cass wrote: > Need some design advice, > Is anybody out there running MSSQL on a virtual server where the SAN > volumes are being replicated? Yes, however, we don't have live VMware clusters at both ends (I presume you mean a stretched clustrer?). In my cas

Re: [NTSysADM] VMware San replication advise

2016-04-20 Thread Sean Martin
I've always relied on the replication/DR capabilities included with apps like SQL and Exchange vs. SAN based replication solutions. With that said, I've never encountered network interruption associated with taken vSphere snapshots. What OS are you running on the SQL server and which network adapte

[NTSysADM] VMware San replication advise

2016-04-20 Thread Tom Cass
Need some design advice, We have recently started virtualization of our physical servers for the express purpose of reducing RPO RTO. So we have a Nimble SAN doing replication to a DR Nimble San. A VMware cluster at each end. The replication is uses a 1GB link. When we do synchronized snapsho