Hi,
we have the same issue, ESX(i) and Solaris on the Storage.
Link Aggregation does not work with ESX(i) (i tried a lot with that for
NFS), when you want to use more than one 1G connection you must
configure one network or vlan and min. one share for each connection.
But this is also limited to 1G for each VM (or you use more than one
virtual HD, split to several shares .... ).
You can use 10G without switches. As someone else wrotes, this is not an
expensive solution, but it must fit to your ESX-Storage infrastructure.
IB sounds very interesting for that...
regards
Axel
Am 12.11.2010 16:03, schrieb Edward Ned Harvey:
Since combining ZFS storage backend, via nfs or iscsi, with ESXi
heads, I'm in love. But for one thing. The interconnect between the
head & storage.
1G Ether is so cheap, but not as fast as desired. 10G ether is fast
enough, but it's overkill and why is it so bloody expensive? Why is
there nothing in between? Is there something in between? Is there a
better option? I mean ... sata is cheap, and it's 3g or 6g, but it's
not suitable for this purpose. But the point remains, there isn't a
fundamental limitation that **requires** 10G to be expensive, or
**requires** a leap directly from 1G to 10G. I would very much like
to find a solution which is a good fit... to attach ZFS storage to vmware.
What are people using, as interconnect, to use ZFS storage on ESX(i)?
Any suggestions?
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