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by ron
Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:48 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: 2-node or 3-node Virtual SAN on 2-3 physical servers
Replies: 5
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Re: 2-node or 3-node Virtual SAN on 2-3 physical servers

I will provide you with some recommendations and hints below if you don`t mind: Recommended RAID for implementing an HA are RAID 1, 0 or 10. Due to low write performance, RAID 5 or 6 are can be used only with LSFS device, and it is highly not recommended to use them with basic image file based devi...
by ron
Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:31 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: 2-node or 3-node Virtual SAN on 2-3 physical servers
Replies: 5
Views: 5959

Re: 2-node or 3-node Virtual SAN on 2-3 physical servers

1) What is the average performance hit for 3-node setup, if the system itself is not a bottleneck (fast CPUs, fast networks, fast storage) ? For example, if i can get 10K R/W iops from single node, how much i would get from 3-node setup with the same hardware ? 2) How the all-ssd deployments are per...
by ron
Sun Nov 30, 2014 12:21 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: 2-node or 3-node Virtual SAN on 2-3 physical servers
Replies: 5
Views: 5959

2-node or 3-node Virtual SAN on 2-3 physical servers

Hello! I am new to StarWind, i have never used it before. I was reading tech papers about Starwind virtual san, that it can be used to build 2 node, or even 3 node iSCSI storage, which one is pretty cool. Few things are not clear - for 2-node deployment, can i use 2 physical servers just for storage...