ESXi / ESX and DAS

Hi, I've been long VMWare Workstation and VMWare Server user, but now that ESXi is free, I plan to spend to ESXi/ESX, but need some advice on the implementation on the road.

I'm running x 64 W2K8, VMWare Server 2.0 with a few virtual machines, and the server also provides access to up to 8 x 750 GB disks file sharing in a RAID6 configuration.

I would like some tips and knowledge if it is advisable, for ESX/ESXi on the box, W2K8 run in a virtual machine and access this VM W2K8 RAID6 array so that it can continue to provide file sharing services?

Thank you

P.

As mentioned, RDM could be a solution to allow the virtual machine to access the raw device, but I don't think that get it all the benefits. Since you are using local storage, a VMFS extra is probably your best shot. What is your subject concers that performance?

Kind regards

Gerrit Lehr

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