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iSCSI Software as a VM?
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:26 am
by Rhidian
Hi,
I have the following problem I need to create a software SAN to enable VMware HA and other functionality but I don't have capacity in the rack for another server to install the SAN software on, can I install it as a VM, additionally could the software be configured to replicated from one ESX box to another?
Regards,
Re: iSCSI Software as a VM?
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:43 am
by anton (staff)
Yes, you can run StarWind inside virtual machine. And yes, you can replicate from one VM to another (actually most of the cases with replication use VM as destination node, maybe 80% of geo-different locations are virtualized).
Rhidian wrote:Hi,
I have the following problem I need to create a software SAN to enable VMware HA and other functionality but I don't have capacity in the rack for another server to install the SAN software on, can I install it as a VM, additionally could the software be configured to replicated from one ESX box to another?
Regards,
Re: iSCSI Software as a VM?
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:32 pm
by Rhidian
I might be missing somthing but does any of the functionality require vCenter?
Re: iSCSI Software as a VM?
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:49 pm
by anton (staff)
StarWind is stand-alone application and does not require vCenter.
Rhidian wrote:I might be missing somthing but does any of the functionality require vCenter?
Re: iSCSI Software as a VM?
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:11 am
by Rhidian
Almost got answers for all my questions, can lockstep be used?
Re: iSCSI Software as a VM?
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:38 pm
by anton (staff)
Absolutely!
Rhidian wrote:Almost got answers for all my questions, can lockstep be used?