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by Automate
Sun Jul 24, 2022 5:50 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: How important to passthrough RAID to VSAN VM?
Replies: 3
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Re: How important to passthrough RAID to VSAN VM?

yaroslav (staff) wrote: Alternatively, it is possible to present the storage as an RDM disk.
Will RDM provide similar performance to RAID controller passthrough?
by Automate
Sat Jul 23, 2022 5:46 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: How important to passthrough RAID to VSAN VM?
Replies: 3
Views: 1519

How important to passthrough RAID to VSAN VM?

This page https://knowledgebase.starwindsoftware.com/guidance/recommended-raid-settings-for-hdd-and-ssd-disks/ says: NOTE: For configurations where StarWind VSAN service is running inside a virtual machine, it is recommended to passthrough RAID or HBA controller to the virtual machine. I have 2 Dell...