Synology NAS as VMWare ESXI Datastore (Beware of These Caveats)
Use a Synology NAS as VMWare ESXI Datastore and eliminate the dependency in local storage. There are a few caveats you need to take into account before jumping onboard. Networks based storage has its risks so make sure you are aware of them.
Using a Synology NAS as VMWare ESXI Datastore makes sense if you already own a Synology NAS and if you already have a virtualization environment, it only makes sense to connect them together, but without redundant network connections, Synology NAS as VMWare ESXI Datastore shouldn’t be used for mission critical workloads.
Synology NAS as VMWare ESXI Datastore can be implemented in NFS or iSCSI protocols. each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages but both of them will get the job done and since we are talking about a Synology NAS, the data can be easily backed up with hyper backup.
I have been using my Synology NAS as VMWare ESXI Datastore for years and i am very happy with its stability and performance. its especially useful in home labs for examples in cases you need to perform maintenance on you ESXI servers. Just migrate your virtual machines to your NFS datastore, and then run whatever maintenance on your ESXI server offline.
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