Hyper-V Storage

Question

I have 2 exact HP DL380 Gen 10 Servers. Both have about 15tb of hard drive space. What I would like to do is create a failover cluster where I use the on-board disks for the VM's. Is this possible? How would I go about setting up the hard drives? I already have them in a Raid10 array. I've seen where you should use CSV's or iSCSI. Any thoughts would be appreciated. F.Y.I. We do not have a SAN or NAS

Answer 1

Hey,

As an alternative to S2D, you can use StarWind VSAN to create a 2 node cluster. StarWind can utilize an existing RAID10 to create replicated shared storage pool and share it via iSCSI. The following guide will walk you through the configuration process:
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-for-hyper-v-2-node-hyperconverged-scenario-with-windows-server-2016/

Cheers,

Alex Bykovskyi

StarWind Software

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Answer 2

Hi，

Thanks for your posting!

Based on your descriptions, I would like to advise you to check the following things.

1. Which OS do you use to create a failover cluster？
2. Generally，we advise customers to do a storage space direct under this situation. But, since your storage has been in a Raid10 array，it didn't meet the basic requirements.
   Here's how drives can be connected for Storage Spaces Direct：Storage Spaces Direct hardware requirements
3. You can find a third server as share storage or one server virtualizes two VM to create a cluster, but it is equivalent to losing high availability.

Thanks for your time!
Best Regards,
Alfred

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