MSA Vs SAN/NAS

[harishms007]

Hi,

Can i use MSA devices in place of SAN or NAS for hosting Virtual machines. Will MSA support all features which SAN supports?

[Texiwill · Accepted solution]

Hello,

You can use the MSA500, MSA1000, MSA1500, MSA1500i, and MSA2000 devices to do this, but not any other MSA devices as they are strictly disk trays.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

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[alanrenouf]

Using the above models you will get all features VMWare support, vmotion etc

I have used a couple of MSA1000's and 1500's in smaller deployments.

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