Baby Dragon Triplets – VSAN Performance Testing

I previously posted about my “Baby Dragon Triplets” VSAN Home Lab that I recently built.  One of the design requirements was to meet 5,000 IOPS @ 4K 50/50 R/W, 100% Random, which from the performance testing below has been met. Continue reading Baby Dragon Triplets – VSAN Performance Testing

Baby Dragon Triplets – VSAN Home Lab

Allow me to introduce Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion, my three host, “VSAN Baby Dragon” Home Lab.  Straight from “Game Of Thrones”, if you are wondering what the names mean.  I finally bit the bullet and invested in some new kit to move away from the limited Embedded ESXi lab I was running on my MacBook Air.  I sourced everything from the Computer Souq in Riyadh, since I did not want to wait for shipping, which can be expensive.  I have provided the details for anyone who wants a vSphere lab that works without the head scratching. Continue reading Baby Dragon Triplets – VSAN Home Lab