Virtualization Times

To get your HP EVA storage system and VMware ESX hosts storage balances you get a better performance. Here are some Best practices.

The VMware vSphere and the HP EVA 4×00, 6×00 and 8×00 series are ALUA compliant. ALUA compliant means in simple words that it is not needed to manually identify preferred I/O paths between VMware ESX hosts and the storage controllers.

When you create a new Vdisk on the HP EVA the LUN is set default set to No Preference. The No Preference policy means the following:

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Controller ownership is non-deterministic. The unit ownership is alternated between...