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RN104 Keeps crashing/hanging
Hi I recently bought a RN104 to use as an iSCSI target for a small 2 node VMWare cluster hosting 5 vms. Each host has 2 separate gigabit nics with jumbo frames enabled to give dual path access to ...
Turning off sync writes can help with performance and *might* help you, but as you thought turning it off does put your data at greater risk.
However for using the NAS as a datastore for ESXi you really should be looking at one of our business class offerings.
The 104 is a model targeted at the home users and is not designed to be used for the purpose you are using it for.
Maybe you might get away with using it for 1-2 VMs which aren't used that much, but not for what you're running. See e.g. http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=427615#p427615
The models that should have been considered for this would include
Budget option (not sure if this would be up to your load, but it would be better than the 104) - ReadyNAS 300 series
Better option - ReadyNAS 516 or 716
Best - ReadyDATA 516
Also, do you backup the VMs? It is important to backup the VMs regularly.
However for using the NAS as a datastore for ESXi you really should be looking at one of our business class offerings.
The 104 is a model targeted at the home users and is not designed to be used for the purpose you are using it for.
Maybe you might get away with using it for 1-2 VMs which aren't used that much, but not for what you're running. See e.g. http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=427615#p427615
The models that should have been considered for this would include
Budget option (not sure if this would be up to your load, but it would be better than the 104) - ReadyNAS 300 series
Better option - ReadyNAS 516 or 716
Best - ReadyDATA 516
Also, do you backup the VMs? It is important to backup the VMs regularly.
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