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Figure 10 Single or multiple NAS file systems (FS) mapped to datastores
We ran sequential read/write tests on the two configurations. In the first configuration, the NAS
reserve on the FS7500 had one NAS file system with one NFS export. We mounted the NFS export on
the ESXi host server as eight datastores. We used a separate NAS service virtual IP address for each of
the eight mounts. The host vSwitch was configured with 4 x 1GbE uplinks.
In our second configuration we created eight NAS file systems on the NAS reserve of FS7500. The file
system was configured with one NFS export per NAS file system. We mounted the NFS exports on the
ESXi host server as eight datastores. We used a separate NAS service virtual IP address for each of the
eight mounts. The host vSwitch was configured with 4 x 1GbE uplinks. The throughout measured in
both configurations is shown in Figure 11.