Tag Archives: NAS
How to configure Openfiler v2.3 iSCSI Storage with VMware ESXi v4
Until recently I had been running my ESX VM’s on local raid disk. This is mostly due to not having enough time to get some shared storage up and running.
I however was determined to get something…
Install Openfiler to boot off USB Flash Drive
Why?
Installing OpenFiler on a USB stick allows you to seperate your NAS system and config from the data. You don’t have to waste a seperate disc for this purpose. Furthermore, a Flash memory is less sensitive for ‘crashes’…
Reduce the size of VMware VMDK files
The only way to re-size in ESX3 is with Converter. Vmkfstools no longer supports shrinking a disk, only expanding it. To get Converter to create separate disk files you need to run it twice, select the first disk only on…