Any storage requirements for NSX?

[nov1ce]

Hello,

Are there any storage requirements to deploy NSX (for example, common storage?).

Say I have three ESXi (each in a different data center) using local disks for storage. All three are part of one cluster.

Can I deploy NSX in such setup?

Thank you.

[AdrianTT]

Hi no1ce,

No there are no shared storage requirements for NSX; you can deploy your NSX Manager (OVA) on any storage/cluster. It will need to talk to your hosts/vCenter server and there are quite a few network requirements (see Network port requirements for VMware NSX for vSphere 6.x (2079386) | VMware KB ) however no shared storage.

Please refer to https://pubs.vmware.com/nsx-63/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/nsx_63_install.pdf for guidance on deploying NSX.

[Sreec]

Deployment is not demanding any shared storage spec,however features do demand for shared storage . For eg : Edge HA to work properly ,shared storage is must.  On a lighter note

controllers must operate on disks with low latency with peak write latency of less than 300 ms, and a mean write latency of less than 100 ms . 

[aburke]

Low Latency storage is recommended for Controllers.

We cannot take advantage of Datastore Clusters.

Otherwise - follow the installation guide and happy days!