vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Resources

With the recent publication of the whitepaper “VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Case Study” by Duncan Epping, Frank Denneman et. al., I thought it would be good idea to list the most important articles dealing with this subject.Here we go:

General information:

• Whitepaper: VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Case Study
• Whitepaper: Stretched Clusters and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Understanding the Options and Goals
• VMware Hardware Compatbility Guide for Storage, select Metro Cluster Storage under Array Test Configuration.

EMC VPlex:

• VMware KB Article 2007545: Implementing vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC) using EMC VPLEX
• Whitepaper: Using VMware vSphere with EMC vPlex

NetApp MetroCluster:

• VMware KB Article 1001783: VMware support with NetApp MetroCluster
• Whitepaper: A Continuous-Availability Solution for VMware vSphere and NetApp

HP LeftHand:

• VMware KB Article 2020097: Implementing vSphere Metro Storage Cluster using HP LeftHand Multi-Site
• Whitepaper: Implementing VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster with HP LeftHand Multi -Site storage

Some good articles on All Paths Down (APD) and Permanent Device Loss (PDL), this information is required when working with Streched Clusters:

• vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 8 – Handling the All Paths Down (APD) condition by Cormac Hogan on the VMware vSphere Blog
• vSphere 5.1 Storage Enhancements – Part 4: All Paths Down (APD), also by Cormac Hogan on his own blog.

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