Comments on: Storage Changes in the VMware vSphere 4 Family http://blog.fosketts.net/2009/04/21/storage-vmware-vsphere-4/ Understanding the accumulation of data Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:00:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Welcome to vSphere-land! » Storage Links http://blog.fosketts.net/2009/04/21/storage-vmware-vsphere-4/comment-page-1/#comment-14158 Welcome to vSphere-land! » Storage Links Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:24:45 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/?p=1775#comment-14158 [...] magazine) IOPs? (Yellow Bricks) vStorage Multi Paths Options in vSphere (VMware Storage Blog) Storage Changes in the VMware vSphere 4 Family (Stephen Foskett) Putting your storage to the test - Part 1 iSCSI on Iomega IX4-200D (Gabe’s [...] [...] magazine) IOPs? (Yellow Bricks) vStorage Multi Paths Options in vSphere (VMware Storage Blog) Storage Changes in the VMware vSphere 4 Family (Stephen Foskett) Putting your storage to the test – Part 1 iSCSI on Iomega IX4-200D (Gabe’s [...]

]]> By: Shai http://blog.fosketts.net/2009/04/21/storage-vmware-vsphere-4/comment-page-1/#comment-13977 Shai Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:12:10 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/?p=1775#comment-13977 Hello Stephen,<br><br>Great post.<br>Is the new IOps number on a per ESX server, per VM, per HBA? what is the unit of encapsulation?<br>Also, is the PSA framework availabe for NFS data stores as well - an NFS datastore that can be accessed from multiple IP addresses/NICS/Devices.<br><br>Thanks.<br>Shai Hello Stephen,

Great post.
Is the new IOps number on a per ESX server, per VM, per HBA? what is the unit of encapsulation?
Also, is the PSA framework availabe for NFS data stores as well – an NFS datastore that can be accessed from multiple IP addresses/NICS/Devices.

Thanks.
Shai

]]> By: Shai http://blog.fosketts.net/2009/04/21/storage-vmware-vsphere-4/comment-page-1/#comment-13449 Shai Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:12:10 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/?p=1775#comment-13449 Hello Stephen,<br><br>Great post.<br>Is the new IOps number on a per ESX server, per VM, per HBA? what is the unit of encapsulation?<br>Also, is the PSA framework availabe for NFS data stores as well - an NFS datastore that can be accessed from multiple IP addresses/NICS/Devices.<br><br>Thanks.<br>Shai Hello Stephen,

Great post.
Is the new IOps number on a per ESX server, per VM, per HBA? what is the unit of encapsulation?
Also, is the PSA framework availabe for NFS data stores as well – an NFS datastore that can be accessed from multiple IP addresses/NICS/Devices.

Thanks.
Shai

]]> By: sfoskett http://blog.fosketts.net/2009/04/21/storage-vmware-vsphere-4/comment-page-1/#comment-13289 sfoskett Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:41:12 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/?p=1775#comment-13289 Thanks so much! I'll update the post! We're still all sorting this whole thing out! Thanks so much! I'll update the post! We're still all sorting this whole thing out!

]]> By: Justin http://blog.fosketts.net/2009/04/21/storage-vmware-vsphere-4/comment-page-1/#comment-13288 Justin Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:27:32 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/?p=1775#comment-13288 Stephen,<br>As a quick correction, all versions of ESX (even the Essentials one) includes vStorage API / VCB support. However, Standard and Essentials doesn't include vCenter Data Recovery, which is a standalone d2d backup solution targetting VMs. If you're leveraging a 3rd-party backup solution and just want to have the APIs available, it doesn't matter which version.<br>See this PDF: <a href="http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing...</a> Stephen,
As a quick correction, all versions of ESX (even the Essentials one) includes vStorage API / VCB support. However, Standard and Essentials doesn't include vCenter Data Recovery, which is a standalone d2d backup solution targetting VMs. If you're leveraging a 3rd-party backup solution and just want to have the APIs available, it doesn't matter which version.
See this PDF: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing...

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