High availability is an important requirement of any system in the datacenter. This availability is even more critical if that system is a component in the virtual infrastructure upon which a virtualized datacenter is built. Redundant hardware and RAID technologies form a critical foundation. When using shared storage, the paths from the servers to the [...]
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VMware® vSphere™ 5 is VMware’s newest flagship product allowing for advanced server virtualization and management. Many of the advanced features provided by VMware including the ability to move running Virtual Machines (VMs) between active servers, High Availability clustering (HA), and advanced load balancing all require some manner of shared storage accessed by each of the [...]
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Early Production Access software is fully supported for production use. Customers should read the documentation and plan an upgrade in keeping with their organization’s business practices. The EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module (EqualLogic MEM) provides the following enhancements to the standard VMware vSphere multipathing functionality: Automatic connection management Automatic load balancing across multiple active paths Increased [...]
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