Surviving 63 Drives Failure on vSAN
One of the most common discussion topics around vSAN is around availability. There are also a lot of misconceptions and FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubts) around this topic. What better way to debunk it by doing a little test on failures!
Caveat : Running Nested vSAN on a vSAN Cluster
Big fan of William Lam's PowerCLI script for deploying multiple Nested ESXi VM's for demo and POC purposes (link). Had to tweak it slightly for what I wanted it to do.
Run File Services on vSAN with IsilonSD
Recently, received a request for large single namespace file server on vSAN. Given vSAN today don't yet support file services, the options are 3rd party solutions such as Dell EMC IsilonSD Edge, Dell EMC CloudArray or NetApp OnTAP Select vNAS.
10 Reasons To NOT Consider vSAN
Was just watching an old episode of Late Show with Letterman yesterday night, and on came my favourite segment. The TOP 10 List. Kinda got to thinking, I'll put up a list on of my own too... Enjoy!
Data Domain VE running on VxRail / vSAN
Recently I was asked to help size and design a Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE) on VxRail or vSAN. So is it a good idea to run a virtual backup appliance on vSAN / VxRail?
There are many vendors that offer such solutions today but one of which that comes to mind is Data Domain VE (DD-VE), the software-only version of DELL EMC's Data Domain.
Removing Inaccessible Objects in vSAN
Having issues with vSAN - Inaccessible Objects? This post may be helpful in looking up what the issue might be.