ISCSI
如果您的 VMware vSphere 4.0/VI 3.5 环境部署在 NetApp 的存储上，看看这个 TR-3808 文档吧，这是对 TR-3697 的更新。 内容提要： This document compares the performance of 4GbE FC, 1GbE and 10GbE iSCSI, and 1GbE and 10GbE NFS protocols using both VMware® vSphere™ 4.0 and ESX 3.5 on NetApp® storage systems. This document seeks to compare the individual protocol performance and CPU utilization at varying [...]
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AoE (ATA Over Ethernet) is a very simple and lightweight protocol which does not rely on network layers above Ethernet, this makes AoE potentially faster than iSCSI, with less load on the host to handle the additional protocols, it also means that AoE is not routable outside a LAN. AoE is intended for SANs only. [...]
Because blade servers may have a limited number of network adapters, it will likely be necessary to use VLANs to separate traffic for the service console, VMotion, IP storage, and various groups of VMs. VMware best practices recommend that the service console and VMotion have their own networks for security reasons. If you dedicate physical [...]
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The storage you configure for an ESX Server host might include one or more storage area networks (SANs) that use iSCSI, which is a means of accessing SCSI devices and exchanging data records using TCP/IP protocol over a network port rather than through a direct connection to a SCSI device. In iSCSI transactions, blocks of [...]
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