If VSAN supported single-host raid1 I’d like it more…100%. I'd also add that vSAN (pre-ESA architecture) is just as great as VxRail.
also dell powerstore is the most janky solution ever.
If VSAN supported single-host raid1 I’d like it more…100%. I'd also add that vSAN (pre-ESA architecture) is just as great as VxRail.
One specific thing vmklinux couldn’t support was PCIe hotplug.Thanks, but from your answer and it sounds like you're closer to product or sales teams, rather than an engineering one, since your reply doesn't answer my question, just dances around it.
To address what was NOT said, but was implied in the VMware port you linked to is: Native Driver Model (for short NDM later) is better (shocking), NDM was around 5.5. Again, VMWare, not OEMs decided for business reasons to drop vmkLinux shim, with piss-poor excuse that OEMs couldn't be bothered to re-write drivers for older hardware. Bear in mind - perfect Linux drivers already existed, just native linux drivers ain't good enought for vmware.
To me, this move is 100% counterintuitive since the WHOLE point of virtualization is to obscure the hardware from virtual hardware. Yes, newer hardware => Faster/Better, but dropping support for older (in some cases, only 2-3 years old) hardware goes 100% directly against that idea.
Dropping support for this Linux shim and going only with native NDM drivers likely allowed a much simpler codebase, but at a cost of alienating a significant chunk of customers, forcing more e-waste and unnecessary spending. Again, I restate my point - this was a business and not a technical call. Was it a wrong call for business or not - it's not for me to decide.
Sorry, but both examples aren't that relevant.
A) You could run Windows Server 2022 on Sandy Bridge Xeons, and it's still getting updates
B) SD cards and USB drivers removal - these are purely technical reasons since SD/USB drivers aren't meant to do lots of writes, and pre-v7 ESXI loaded 100% into memory and worked from memory. Sometime around v7, that behavior changed, and ESXi started to do lots of writes onto boot media. This is what caused to drop of that particular design.
Finally. A valid point, on piles and piles of rubbish.One specific thing vmklinux couldn’t support was PCIe hotplug.
While I am a fan of softer language (we are all friends here), I really can't remember when I had the urge to hotplug a CX3 or SAS2008 card. So is that really an argument to kill off vmklinux. Chances are if you use PCIe hotplug for NVMe your server is probably new enough to be alright with 7.x.Finally. A valid point, on piles and piles of rubbish.
Dang dude you got me so good…make sure your wife high fives you tonight when you tell her about your righteous burn.Finally. A valid point, on piles and piles of rubbish.
Linux stuff Always bears the risk that the stuff ist licensed under gnu gpl.So is that really an argument to kill off vmklinux.
The workaround for a decade has been to blow money up the ass of the Linux Foundation as a member. Then you can do whatever you want.Linux stuff Always bears the risk that the stuff ist licensed under gnu gpl.
A Ton of conpanies stay away from anything with extreme Copylefts in their license.
Just ask CiscoThe workaround for a decade has been to blow money up the ass of the Linux Foundation as a member. Then you can do whatever you want.