On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Eugeniu Patrascu" <eu...@imacandi.net> > > > If you want block storage, just export an iSCSI device to the ESXi > machines > > (tgtadm on RedHat is all you need and a few gigs of free space). VMFS is > > cluster aware so you can export the same volume to independent ESXi hosts > > and as long you don't access the same files, you're good to go. > > My understanding of "cluster-aware filesystem" was "can be mounted at the > physical block level by multiple operating system instances with complete > safety". That seems to conflict with what you suggest, Eugeniu; am I > missing something (as I often do)? > > What you are saying is true and from VMware's point of view, an ISCSI volume is a physical disk. And you can mount the same ISCSI disk on many VMware hosts. Just write into different directories on the disk. Am I missing something in your question ? Eugeniu > Cheers, > -- jra > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink > j...@baylink.com > Designer The Things I Think RFC > 2100 > Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land > Rover DII > St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 > 1274 > >
