Hi,
looking for some design advice.
Currently run a vSphere/vSan environment which I am not entirely happy with as indicated in other threads, primarily relatively slow performance for the invested hardware as well as instability while tinkering (might be user fault).
Before I start adding/repurposing more hardware I thought I should discuss with someone
Basically I have these VMs for Home use - there is a bunch more for work topics but those are not critical (ie backup on demand, and mirrored datastore are sufficient):
Critical Infrastructure - HA
PDC (1xVM, can't mirror all components afaik [DHCP], [WSUS?]), currently using FT
Sophos (1x VM, issues mirroring), currently using FT
Horizon View, 1 VM, (not sure can mirror) currently using
vCenter (3VMs) (vCenter HA setup)
Critical Applications - HA
Client VMs (2)
Noncritical Infrastructure (No HA)
FreeNas (x2)
Backup Tape (Win)
Backup Disk/VM (Nakivo Appliance)
Powerchute Appliance
Monitoring/Logging (3)
Noncritical Applications (No HA)
Multimedia (2)
Client VMs (2+)
I do see several options:
1. Stop complaining and just use it the way it is - 3 (or4) nodes are enough for my use case
2. Add another node to vsan or some more disk (scale out/up)
3. use another design (2 * Robo+Witness) for improved availability (ie two hard failure domains). Would fix my Nakivo license issue too
4. Use another platform - not sure which one would be most applicable, but I guess I can run vmware and just replace vsan as shared datastore with something else
I currently have a bunch of E5 servers (4) I can use for this and also some E3/i7 boxes than I can beef up to use. I think I overextended a bit though (STH virus) so looking for some back to earth or best practices input
Thanks
looking for some design advice.
Currently run a vSphere/vSan environment which I am not entirely happy with as indicated in other threads, primarily relatively slow performance for the invested hardware as well as instability while tinkering (might be user fault).
Before I start adding/repurposing more hardware I thought I should discuss with someone
Basically I have these VMs for Home use - there is a bunch more for work topics but those are not critical (ie backup on demand, and mirrored datastore are sufficient):
Critical Infrastructure - HA
PDC (1xVM, can't mirror all components afaik [DHCP], [WSUS?]), currently using FT
Sophos (1x VM, issues mirroring), currently using FT
Horizon View, 1 VM, (not sure can mirror) currently using
vCenter (3VMs) (vCenter HA setup)
Critical Applications - HA
Client VMs (2)
Noncritical Infrastructure (No HA)
FreeNas (x2)
Backup Tape (Win)
Backup Disk/VM (Nakivo Appliance)
Powerchute Appliance
Monitoring/Logging (3)
Noncritical Applications (No HA)
Multimedia (2)
Client VMs (2+)
I do see several options:
1. Stop complaining and just use it the way it is - 3 (or4) nodes are enough for my use case
2. Add another node to vsan or some more disk (scale out/up)
3. use another design (2 * Robo+Witness) for improved availability (ie two hard failure domains). Would fix my Nakivo license issue too
4. Use another platform - not sure which one would be most applicable, but I guess I can run vmware and just replace vsan as shared datastore with something else
I currently have a bunch of E5 servers (4) I can use for this and also some E3/i7 boxes than I can beef up to use. I think I overextended a bit though (STH virus) so looking for some back to earth or best practices input
Thanks