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28 BP1038| Best Practices and Guidelines for Integrating the Dell EqualLogic FS7600 and FS7610 into an Existing SAN
Table 7 iSCSI storage configuration
iSCSI Storage Configuration
SAN Speed
Array model
# of Arrays
# Drives per array
Drive Type
Array Firmware
1Gb
PS6100XV
8
24
600GB 15K RPM
6.01
10Gb
PS6110XV
8
24
600GB 15K RPM
6.01
For file I/O (CIFS and NFS), we created two file system mount points (one each for CIFS and NFS access)
on the FS7600/FS7610 which was then mounted from each of the VM clients.
Table 8 FS Series NAS storage configuration
FS Series NAS Storage Configuration
NAS Reserve
CIFS file system
NFS file system
22.2 TB
2TB
2TB