On Jan 11, 2008 7:48 AM, Adam Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As an alternative, have you considered the benefit of > > using the Solaris > > NFS environment to support your NAS datastores? I > > (and others, even > > though their sites are hosted on netapp.com) highly > > recommend the NFS > > protocol for VMs. See > > http://storagefoo.blogspot.com/2007/09/vmware-over-nfs > > .html for a > > specific analysis. > > > > I had considered this, but the Solaris NFS server is not supported either. I > have read that people have been using it with sucess, but I am a bit weary of > using something unsupported by VMware. I guess I need to ask on the NFS > mailing list if there are any plans to certify Solaris NFS. >
I doubt certification with VMWare will be forthcoming. NFS in this case is minimal NFS, and I have had better luck with ZFS-backed NFS via Solaris than NetApp NFS for use with my ESX deployment. Certification in this case is more about money changing hands than correctness. > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > storage-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss > _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
