Redundancy - Failover and HA

[cun7ed]

Hi All

I have a project I'm working on and the PM has asked if I can cost a single ESXi server to run a handful of VM's. So I have no problem doing this but I want to stress that adding a second node for some redundancy would be the better option, however I'm not 100% sure how to achieve this on a low budget.

I have a model that I normaly use that includes shared storage (SAN directly connected to two phisical servers) but can't use this due to cost restraints, so I have to go down the route of using just 2 servers to achieve some sort of redundancy.As my knowledge is limited at present on this topic is it possible to run this type of features on just 2 servers using their "local storage" and if so what options are open to me via the different VMware licences?

Many thanks in advance..

[Alim786]

It looks like the only feasible option is VSAN but although you can use 2 Hosts, there are some limitations and is recommended 3 Hosts.

However, you will have to do your own reading and costing. The resource links below should help :-

http://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vsan/virtual-san-6.2-desig...‌

https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsan/vmware-vsan-62-licensing-guide.pdf‌