Comments on: The budget: get the specs right (2) http://virtualize.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/the-budget-get-the-specs-right-2/ Experiences in Virtualization Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:47:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: martijnl http://virtualize.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/the-budget-get-the-specs-right-2/#comment-3 martijnl Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:52:54 +0000 https://virtualize.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/the-budget-get-the-specs-right-2/#comment-3 Good point, I will add that in a seperate post. We are currently in an RFI/RFP stage to select a new SAN. Because of our current experience with fiberchannel we will go with FC-SAN again. Manufacturer and definitive solution are not yet decided upon. Good point, I will add that in a seperate post. We are currently in an RFI/RFP stage to select a new SAN. Because of our current experience with fiberchannel we will go with FC-SAN again. Manufacturer and definitive solution are not yet decided upon.

]]> By: Ken http://virtualize.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/the-budget-get-the-specs-right-2/#comment-2 Ken Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:00:18 +0000 https://virtualize.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/the-budget-get-the-specs-right-2/#comment-2 The one thing you didn't mention in your HW specs is storage. In order to take advantage of many of the best features of the VI (HA, DRS, VCB, VMotion) you have to have shared storage. Do you plan to use FC, iSCSI, NAS, or what? The one thing you didn’t mention in your HW specs is storage. In order to take advantage of many of the best features of the VI (HA, DRS, VCB, VMotion) you have to have shared storage.

Do you plan to use FC, iSCSI, NAS, or what?

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