Using local storage for non-critical vm's

[outbacker]

Has anyone used any of the virtual san appliances to create a pool of shared storage utilizing the local disks of ESXi 4.1 hosts? All of my blades came with 140 GB of space, would be nice to use it for non-critical vm's and be able to vmotion from it. I have a few already running on a host here and there. Thanks for any insight.

[VTsukanov]

Take a look at HP Lefthand VSA, Openfiler, FreeNAS, Xtravirt VSA, StorMagic SvSAN VSA.

[AntonVZhbankov]

Also take a look at StarWind iSCSI SAN.

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[rebootuser]

Could also be of some use http://vmetc.com/2008/05/23/xtravirt-xvs-creates-a-free-san-out-of-local-esx-vmfs/