Hi - First, Thank You for a fantastic product. Well Done! I am new to SAN and I just wanted to get some guidance on my setup. Here is what I want to accomplish:
2 Node HA SAN - Virtual SAN Free on top of stand-alone Windows 2012 R2 hosts
1 Client - ESXi with a 2008 R2 Guest running MS SQL Server
My main questions are:
1) How can I achieve the best throughput between nodes themselves and client to nodes - I am using 10 GBe and can put as many adapters in these 3 servers as needed; I would like to have two separate targets for data and log files for SQL (different disk speeds in SAN)
2) What does the MPIO/iSCSI configuration and path policy need to be on the 2 StarWind nodes and the ESXi Client (probably my biggest source of confusion)
3) I am confused about the network setup when setting up replicas. Does the management ip/port support iSCSI traffic? Should I be using it for anything other than management?
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Best Regards - Gordon
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