Hello,
I currently have a Windows server running a tape backup (Backup Exec) that is starting to become overwhelmed by backup data being written to it over CIFS shares - I have several ESX hosts running VMs that are writing database backups to it over CIFS.
I plan on adding a server running FreeNAS to hold the database backups, the new server using regular spinning drives, and adding more drives as I am able to get them.
Would I configure to host iSCSI storage for this? If so, would physical Windows servers be able to access the data if the storage was formatted VMFS? Would I consider using iSCSI MPIO?
I read that NFS is much slower without an SSD for ZIL intent log, is this true is this situation?
I currently have a Windows server running a tape backup (Backup Exec) that is starting to become overwhelmed by backup data being written to it over CIFS shares - I have several ESX hosts running VMs that are writing database backups to it over CIFS.
I plan on adding a server running FreeNAS to hold the database backups, the new server using regular spinning drives, and adding more drives as I am able to get them.
Would I configure to host iSCSI storage for this? If so, would physical Windows servers be able to access the data if the storage was formatted VMFS? Would I consider using iSCSI MPIO?
I read that NFS is much slower without an SSD for ZIL intent log, is this true is this situation?