Virtual SAN, how it is usable and which are benefits

Hello all,
I would want ask how much is reliable deploying a virtual SAN and which are its real benefits.
I would know it by a person that tried this solution in the real world or even just for trying, but effectively deployed a virtual SAN, though.

Thank You much

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mikedisd2

Is that for real? How do you virtualise striping and multiple hard disk reading/writing? Really don't need another technology to try n grasp.

blargoe

A virtual SAN doesn't virtualize the storage part, just the network part. More like a VLAN.

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rjbarlow

blargoe wrote: »

A virtual SAN doesn't virtualize the storage part, just the network part. More like a VLAN.

Storage Wiki - Virtual SAN

So, it was a dream, too bad.

jibbajabba

blargoe wrote: »

A virtual SAN doesn't virtualize the storage part, just the network part. More like a VLAN.

Storage Wiki - Virtual SAN

Well kind of

if you install a virtual SAN in a virtual environment you TECHNICALLY use a virtual disk which is, truly enough, a chunk of physical hardware

But as for the performance, I would really just recommend it for testing only. The IO is really, I mean really bad