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Storage DRS

Storage DRS I/O load balancing and Array-based Auto-Tiering

In its basic form Storage DRS can be used together with any array, however there are a few combinations of Storage...
frankdenneman
2 min read

(Storage) DRS (anti-) affinity rule types and HA interoperability

Lately I have received many questions about the interoperability between HA and affinity rules of DRS and Storage DRS. I’ve created...
frankdenneman
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Storage DRS initial placement and datastore cluster defragmentation

Recently an interesting question was raised about what happens if enough free space is available in the datastore cluster but not...
frankdenneman
4 min read

Storage DRS and Multi-extents datastores

Somebody asked me if VMFS3 multi-extents datastores are supported by Storage DRS. Although they are supported and fully operational in Storage...
frankdenneman
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Impact of load balancing on datastore cluster configuration

This article is a part of the series on architecture and design on datastore clusters. This article zooms in on why...
frankdenneman
3 min read

Partially connected datastore clusters

The first article in the series about architecture and design decisions series focuses on the connectivity of the datastores within the...
frankdenneman
3 min read

Architecture and design of Datastore clusters

Storage DRS extends the DRS feature set to the storage space. The primary element used by SDRS is a datastore cluster....
frankdenneman
1 min read

SDRS out of space avoidance

During VMworld I noticed a lot of focus of the attendees was on the IO load balancing features of Storage DRS...
frankdenneman
4 min read