TA2955

Sizing Tools for Storage in vSphere and VMware View Environments

There is a variety of data collection, analysis, and sizing tools available for architecting vSphere environments. However, the data collected and the analysis usually place emphasis on server sizing, with storage as an afterthought. The details most often included for storage are very basic capacity and utilization totals for the set of servers being virtualized, which is not enough to accurately design the appropriate storage system. While the collection tools are capable of collection more detailed data pertinent to storage sizing, they don't address storage by default. NetApp has developed a set of tools and methodologies for collecting and analyzing server I/O data and compiling this data to generate storage sizing guidelines. This process takes into consideration the aspects of connectivity, capacity, and performance, all of which are critical to designing a robust, enterprise-class storage system to support vSphere environments whether they be consolidated server farms, VMware View?, or hybrids of the two.

Technology & Architecture

Breakout Session

Sizing Tools, Storage, vSphere, VMware View

1 Hour

Peter Learmonth, Virtualization Solutions Architect, NetApp