Re: Question about VMWare ESX and standard PC

2007-09-08 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi Jacob, I thought about this solution, however this requires and machine which will act as a "storage box" which, at the moment I don't have. Thanks, Hetz On 08/09/2007, Jacob Broido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > The reason ESX demands scsi disks is because it uses SCSI reservation > comm

Re: Question about VMWare ESX and standard PC

2007-09-08 Thread Jacob Broido
Hi, The reason ESX demands scsi disks is because it uses SCSI reservation commands for locking. It happens in numerous scenarios . i.e When the vmdk is resized. You can however do one of the following: 1) Use NFS as storage for vmdk's 2) Use iSCSI as storage for vmdk's. On 9/8/07, Hetz Ben Hamo

Question about VMWare ESX and standard PC

2007-09-08 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi poeple, I'm thinking to install VMWare ESX 3.0 at my house for some testings few ideas of mine. As you may know, ESX can be installed on IDE/SATA drive, but you cannot create VM's nor create VMFS partitions unless your hard disk is SCSI one. At first, I thought about plugging some SATA drive