VCP exam -NFS recommandation

[MikeStoica]

Hi,

I'm preparing for VCP 550 exam and i was looking for a solution to practice the NFS Storage.

Can you recommend me some ways of simulating NFS Storage, as i don't have a physical one?

[rcporto]

I will suggest you take a look at Openfiler and FreeNAS, cause you can use not only NFS, but iSCSI too.

https://www.openfiler.com/

FreeNAS Project - Open Source Storage - FreeNAS Project

[VRBitman]

There is also a simpler way.

If you have a Windows-based vCenter server, it is possible to share a folder via NFS. You just need to enable NFS services in Server Manager.

Here is the procedure for Windows 2012: Deploy Network File System

As far as vSphere is concerned, it will be completely transparent.

[vfk]

I use Nexenta Community Edition (Community Edition | Nexenta) it is quite powerful and support VAAI features.  You will get iSCSI and NFS support.

[kiraa · Accepted solution]

I agree with Richardson Porto on this one.

I've used FreeNAS for my environment and its great. Awesome for learning iSCSI and NFS.