tej anang eg oaance “Tadinal ses within IT start to blar fRAID 5 ~ Stpig wan arty RAID 5 sets are made up of 3 or more disks in 2 set Provides N+ redundancy by utilizing 2 “parity stripe” RAID 5~ Suipig win arty Reads and writes are striped across all disks (opacity isthe sum ofall disks minus 1 [RAID 5 Blocks Stiped. Distrbute Parity RAD 6 sets are made up of 4 or more disks in 2 cet It provides N+2 redundancy by utiizing two “parity stripes”RAIDS Reads and writes are striped across all disks (Capaaity the sum of all csks minus 2 RAID 6 Blocks Striped. Tw Distributed Party ‘RAID 01 (042) ‘Combines both RAID 0 and 1 in to microred stripes Need a minimum of 4 dsks (two stripes) RAID 01 (042) You can fall one oF more dives in stripe Offers very high performance:aso 01 (0+2) RAID 10 (+0) ‘Combines both RAID 1 and 0 into striped mirrors Need a minimum of 4 disks (two stripes) You can fall one drive in every mirror set Offers very high performance: RAID 30 (240) Worktead 1/0 Requirements Matching your worklcad 1/0 ‘requirements fo your backend storageCommon tools we use Peron for Mion ‘ert fer Unix Verso pene ets ane ts esto Ce t ‘Understanding Real Worl Performance Different RAID types have diferent "Y/O Perales” ‘Some rules for normal disks ‘Understanding Real World Performance Workload is often characterized by I0PS along with read and write percentage Soe asa ap 5 a8 10 se How many 1OPs can do you get with a set of disks? (Rew 00S + Wt OID Pay «(aeHow many disks are needed to achieve 2 required TOPS ameunt? RAID yO Bampe "You rave 10 5K RPM SAS Drives (Caps est mate ‘Best Practices and Recommendations Dedicate disks whenever possible Notes etry peterson ‘When you update your array software confi settings “Try not to oversubsribe storage links New arrays offer flash and other tering options ‘Serge aden vey ty ‘Sometimes you guess, analyze, and then correc‘wnat about storage interconnect? ‘Should you use FC, SCSI, or NES? Most people greatly overestimate needed throughput NFS ard iSCSI can use some @PU overhead If you need more there are options [Attimes an entire VMS velume wil be lacked by a singe host Doct st ong Nothechoss ci ute the volume ‘SCSI Reservations This occurs when you perform an action that causes a metadata update VARI can help minimize these agus ara pet‘Raw Device Mappings (RDMs) - When and Why RDM are used to “pass” a storage LUN directly through to a VM an be ge ths 778 VSS aa sa Nae Uses a mapping file on a VMFS volume that acts 235. a prowy t rew storage Not needed for higher performance ‘Two Types of Raw Device Mappings Physical mode ROH a0 the mast “ore eit detonate OTWhich to use? Reoquirements for ROMS, Blok storage only Gant be created on local storage For ROMs larger than 2B you must be on VMFSS, ‘Comparing ROMsané VFS VMS should be your standard In almost all casas VMFS perferme as wal, er bette, than an ROM Not to mention VMFS is easier to manage ard mere flexble