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On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On 2012-06-19 9:56 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> With my last batch of ESX hosts, someone "forgot" to order the R710 SD |
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>> internal add-on. But it has 8 x 600M SAS drives.... |
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>> So what I did is configured all drives as a RAID 10 and let ESX grab |
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>> enough for the hypervisor and leave the rest for regular storage. |
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> That was my initial plan, but I really like the idea of having the |
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> hypervisor separated... and I also like the idea of running it on FLASH |
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> media... |
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> I'll be ordering the Addonics today, and will report back if everything |
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> works as expected/hoped... |
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> Anyone have any recommendation for a high quality/high-speed (but smallest |
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> capacity) CF media to put in these? |
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CF is really behind the times. I'd probably suggest going with one of |
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the SD adapters, and picking up whatever card professional |
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photographers swear by. |
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Based on recent experience, I'd also suggest keeping it small. 2GB or |
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less...which is more than what you need. |
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:wq |
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