Chapter 6. Storage
When you're considering the design of a vSphere environment, the storage component is commonly regarded as one of the most crucial to overall success. It's fundamental to the capabilities of virtualization. Many of the benefits provided by VMware's vSphere wouldn't be possible without the technologies and features offered by today's storage equipment.
The storage design topics discussed in this chapter are:
Primary storage design factors to consider
What makes for an efficient storage solution
How to design your storage with sufficient capacity
How to design your storage to perform appropriately
Whether local storage is still a viable option
Which storage protocol you should use
Using multipathing with your storage choice
Dimensions ...
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