So I've been trying to build the ultimate ZFS storage system for a while now, and have thrown tons of time and probably even more money at it but without actually getting *there*. So I thought I'd start fresh and ask for help from real experts since my tinkering didnt work out
I will leave all the old issues out for now and start with a fresh idea if possible (but of course reuse in case I can in the actual build).
Now I am totally aware that this is highly depending on what the goal/expectation is so here are mine (I am sure I have stated these quite often in my various rants/complain threads but just to have all in one place).
If you think an off-the-shelf all flash array can then lets hear it too (although most are not catering for single users), but o/c that is most likely not the way to go. But the info that a 5 node cluster of 24nvme drives each might be needed would be helpful (if you actually have seen it deliver and not read the specs only {which rarely show QD1/1T values anyway})
Thanks
I will leave all the old issues out for now and start with a fresh idea if possible (but of course reuse in case I can in the actual build).
Now I am totally aware that this is highly depending on what the goal/expectation is so here are mine (I am sure I have stated these quite often in my various rants/complain threads but just to have all in one place).
- I want to run an ESXi cluster with a shared storage on a ZFS system, ideally via nfs (so sync writes).
- I want the ZFS system to be HA capable with at least 2 nodes
- I want a write speed of 500MB/s per VM when moving from off system to on system and vice versa (cold or hot vmotion)
If you think an off-the-shelf all flash array can then lets hear it too (although most are not catering for single users), but o/c that is most likely not the way to go. But the info that a 5 node cluster of 24nvme drives each might be needed would be helpful (if you actually have seen it deliver and not read the specs only {which rarely show QD1/1T values anyway})
Thanks
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