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I have a few questions and I thought I would ask the resident experts here. While they are geared toward vSphere, I'd appreciate any feedback/experience on SATA disks in the N7700 Pro. I was researching the WD RE4's but it appears some people have had some bad luck with them. So, I'm looking for some solid metric performers that have perhaps withstood the test of time to avoid any vendor induced learning curves. (Prefer 500G-2TB Reviews w/the N7700Pro)
- Has anyone tested the N7700Pro on ESX/ESXi?
- If so, would you be able to post any hdparm/dd results with the raid configuration, disk group count, etc.
- Is it possible to tweek the r/a or txql on these devices? Any experiences?
- Does the N7700 Pro work with round robin for active/active i/o on iSCSI?
- Has anyone had any stability issues w/esx or esxi using the N7700 Pro?
My current lab is in desperate need of an upgrade and I dont want to spend the money for an MD3000i or eq. Since the 7700Pro is now on the VMware HCL, I'd really appreciate any feedback on it.
Thanks, L.