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VMWare , use multiple volumes and datastores for vcenter and SQL?

Is it best practice to have vcenter and the SQL database files and the database logs all on separate volumes?

I need to show a co worker evidence of this best practice do you have a link?

thanks

RickEpnet

How many VMware hosts do you have?

NAMEWITHELD12

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16

thanks

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Gareth Gudger

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NAMEWITHELD12

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what about separate volumes or datastrores? is there any reason not to do this?

Gareth Gudger

Are you using local storage or shared storage?

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NAMEWITHELD12

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this will be on a netapp san. So what I am going to go with is 3 separate sets of spindles

1. for the C drive of the SQL spindle set 1

2. for the DB files D: drive spindle set 2

3. for the DB log files E: drive spindle set 3

RickEpnet

In this case I do not think it is needed but you can put the Temp DB on another drive too.

Your Plan looks good.

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