Actually, the original link is a bit old http://www.vfrank.org/2011/03/22/performance-rdm-vs-vmfs/
is newer On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Matt Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you read this (and the linked documents)? > http://www.virtualizationteam.com/virtualization-vmware/vmware-vi3-virtualization-vmware/dont-use-vmware-raw-device-mapping-rdm-for-performance-but.html > > --Matt > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Tim Kirby <[email protected]> wrote: >> So, given the following: >> >> ESXi 4.x servers with 10GigE connectivity to a NAS >> that supports both NFS and iSCSI >> >> Consider the virtualization of, say, a Linux mysql >> server (previously a server with FC attached storage). >> >> There are various possibilities for the database(s). >> I believe the very last thing one would want to do is >> put the DB in the vmdk, however there are four other >> options: >> >> ESX NFS mount of space from storage >> ESX iSCSI mount of space from storage >> Client OS (Linux) NFS mount of space from storage >> Client OS (Linux) iSCSI mount of space from storage >> >> There seem to be pros and cons of all and I'm trying >> to determine how many of them are dinosaur-thinking >> based on ancient history and how many are relevant to >> today. >> >> So, I'm tossing this out for a community wisdom poll :) >> >> While I'm at it, I have a sense that the current thought >> is that vmdk over NFS is preferable to vmdk over iSCSI; >> I'll ask for any comments on that while I'm at it. >> >> Thanks for your time. >> >> Tim >> -- >> Tim Kirby [email protected] >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> > > > > -- > LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? > COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. > -- LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
