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Re: VMware Training


From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:06:06 -0500 (EST)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugeniu Patrascu" <eugen () imacandi net>

If you want block storage, just export an iSCSI device to the ESXi machines
(tgtadm on RedHat is all you need and a few gigs of free space). VMFS is
cluster aware so you can export the same volume to independent ESXi hosts
and as long you don't access the same files, you're good to go.

My understanding of "cluster-aware filesystem" was "can be mounted at the
physical block level by multiple operating system instances with complete
safety".  That seems to conflict with what you suggest, Eugeniu; am I 
missing something (as I often do)?

Cheers,
-- jra
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