VMware Storage (SAN/iSCSI/NFS)

SAN Configuration Guide

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_esx_san_cfg.pdf

A big guide from VMware on SAN background, installation and management

 

SAN System Design and Deployment Guide

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_san_design_deploy.pdf

Another big guide from VMware on designing and deploying SAN environments to use with VI3

 

Design, Build and Manage your SAN Environment using VI3

http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/mylearn?classID=11052

A VMworld 2007 presentation from VMware that discusses how VMware Infrastructure 3 can solve SAN management problems by providing solutions such as managing multiple hosts/clients from sprawling, multipathing management without the high cost and complexity, cluster file system for HA solutions, LUN security, and storage consolidation. This is a vendor neutral session providing topics for SAN architects and administrators ideas on ways to best deploy VMware Infrastructure 3 on SAN.

 

NFS & iSCSI – Performance Characterization and Best Practices

http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/mylearn?classID=11708

A VMworld 2007 presentation from VMware that provides a performance-oriented overview of the technology along with performance troubleshooting techniques and best-practice recommendations in typical ESX Server deployment. Up-to-date performance data, a review of performance optimizations available currently and a preview of features in upcoming releases are also be presented.

 

Choosing and Architecting Storage for your Environment

http://download3.vmware.com/vmworld/2006/adc0135.pdf

A VMworld 2006 presentation on selecting and architecting the right storage solution for your ESX environment

 

ESX Storage Virtualization Insights

http://www.vmware-tsx.com/download.php?asset_id=40

A TSX 2007 presentation on the ESX storage stack, VMFS vs. RDM and multi-pathing

 

Network Appliance and VMware ESX Server 3.0 Storage Best Practices

http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3428.pdf

A white paper from Netapp with general best practices and recommendations on using storage with ESX

 

iSCSI, NAS and IP Storage Configuration for Vmware ESX Server

http://download3.vmware.com/vmworld/2006/tac9722.pdf

A VMworld 2006 presentation on using iSCSI and NAS instead of a SAN with ESX

 

Comparison of Storage Protocol Performance

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/storage_protocol_perf.pdf

A VMware performance study comparing Fibre Channel, Hardware iSCSI, Software iSCSI and NFS

 

Configuring iSCSI in a Vmware 3 environment

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_iscsi_cfg.pdf

A white paper from VMware on using and configuring iSCSI in your ESX environment