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3 Replies Last post: Aug 1, 2008 6:17 AM by lhedrick  
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Aidil
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Jun 16, 2008

Jun 16, 2008 11:18 PM

Is it technically practical to have vmware running partly in SAN and in NAS?


Reason being, if possible we want static data's like webpages etc to be
stored in NAS and we would also want to leverage on our existing NAS.
Due to the fuel hike, some companies want to cut down on spending as
much as possible. We need to know whether VMWARE is rigid or flexible
when it comes to this sort of request.

Appreciate to those who can help in this matter.


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Ramprasad Padala
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1. Jun 17, 2008 5:02 AM in response to: Aidil
Re: Is it technically practical to have vmware running partly in SAN and in NAS?

Yes , you mount the static drive form NAS (datastore)

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astueve
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2. Jul 30, 2008 10:40 AM in response to: Aidil
Re: Is it technically practical to have vmware running partly in SAN and in NAS?

We do it all the time. We have 2 type of storage volumes on the ESX, one NAS and one FC SAN.

We have base .vmdk as a NAS mount. Then, we add a SAN based vmdk as the client requires.


-Andrew

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lhedrick
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3. Aug 1, 2008 6:17 AM in response to: Aidil
Re: Is it technically practical to have vmware running partly in SAN and in NAS?
Yes, that is one way you can reduce costs as well as present different levels of service.

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