Disk Modeling
Storage planning is a critical piece of a virtualization project. The amount of storage is only a piece of the puzzle, just as important are the performance requirements and the layout of the storage.
X_Factor helps determine
- Virtual disk file (VMDK) sizes
- VMFS volume sizes
- Virtual machines per volume
- Snapshot allocations
- Performance information necessary for SAN capacity planning.
VMDK Sizing
It is possible that the current logical drives are sized based on the internal disk size and not based on actual need or usage. A consolidation/migration is the perfect time to right size the logical drives.
VMFS Volume Sizing
VMFS volume sizing is a commonly discussed item amongst virtualization architects. Typically surrounding how many virtual machines per volume, how large should volumes be, or how many total volumes. Which ever method you use, X_Factor will help size the volumes without resorting to excel spreadsheets.
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Storage Capacity Planning
X_Factor produces the necessary information for storage capacity planning.
Performance:
Capacity:
