Interface Configuration Example
Figure 7: Interface Example
2.3 Pool
Configuring the pool storage RAID layout is a balance between availability, capacity and performance. As can be seen during pool configuration, the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System BUI gives a description plus the relative tradeoffs around availability, capacity and performance. The administrator must weigh all three factors when deciding on a data profile. For VMware ESX and its highly random I/O nature, the best performance is usually found with the Mirror profile.
Also, depending on the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System model, you may also have to decide on a data profile for any Log SSDs that are present in the configuration. Striping the Log devices should give the best performance. Mirroring the Log Devices will give an extra degree of Log availability; however, while losing a Log Device may impact write performance, it will not impact overall availability of the pool. The writes will go directly to disk, but possibly at lower performance levels.
2.4 Projects and Shares
Projects and shares should be configured to present NFSv3 mount points or iSCSI LUNs to the VMware ESX servers. The number of shares will be dependent on ESX storage sizing needs and other business factors such as snapshot and cloning granularity. Also, project layouts should be considered if replication is going to be implemented. The Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System replicates at the
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