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cptkirkh
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Contributor

Free vsan

I want to do some Oracle RAC testign and need to setup some shared storage on my home lab.  It is very simple Dell T3500.  What should I use to simulate the shared storage?  Should I pay for the evalexprience from vmware to get vsan or try starwind or what do ya'll recommend?  Thanks.,

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MikeStoica
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YOu have ESXi installed on your server?You can install a VM with FreeNAS and configure NFS.

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Wolken
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Go with StarWind VSAN Free.  We have tried it for test purposes and found it as very nice solution. Now it works in production environment.

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