Paul Walsh
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File server recommendations/questions
Hi All
We currently have two virtualised Windows file servers. The first has a secondary Virtual hard disk attached (different datastore) that all of the shares are stored on. The second uses the iSSCSI initiator to connect to a volume directly on our SAN. All Volumes on the SAN for both servers are replicated to our dr site. Both servers are backed up using Veaam
I am currently planning one possibly two new file Servers as their replacement.
1. Which offers better performance, direct file shares on the virtual disk or the disk shares via the iSCSI initiator?
2. When Veam backs up the second server will it also back up the data or only the iSCSI initiator config? ie if I had to restore the server but the SAN volume with the datawasn’t available would the recovered server have a folder with data in it or a disconnected data drive?
3. In the event of a problem such as a ransomware attack which is better/ quicker to recover. A window share on a virtual hard disk backed up by Veeam or Windows share with an iSCSI back end from Veam/ SAN volume replication?
4 Which approach would be recommended?
Thankyou
We currently have two virtualised Windows file servers. The first has a secondary Virtual hard disk attached (different datastore) that all of the shares are stored on. The second uses the iSSCSI initiator to connect to a volume directly on our SAN. All Volumes on the SAN for both servers are replicated to our dr site. Both servers are backed up using Veaam
I am currently planning one possibly two new file Servers as their replacement.
1. Which offers better performance, direct file shares on the virtual disk or the disk shares via the iSCSI initiator?
2. When Veam backs up the second server will it also back up the data or only the iSCSI initiator config? ie if I had to restore the server but the SAN volume with the datawasn’t available would the recovered server have a folder with data in it or a disconnected data drive?
3. In the event of a problem such as a ransomware attack which is better/ quicker to recover. A window share on a virtual hard disk backed up by Veeam or Windows share with an iSCSI back end from Veam/ SAN volume replication?
4 Which approach would be recommended?
Thankyou
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