VMware vSphere Storage DRS Interoperability technical paper available

A new whitepaper has been published by Frank Denneman titled “VMware vSphere Storage DRS Interoperability”  If you are designing a vSphere 5.0 implementation using the Enterprise Plus license then pay close attention to the capabilities and supportability when introducing datastore clusters and storage DRS.

“This white paper presents an overview of best practices for customers considering the implementation of VMware vSphere Storage DRS in combination with advanced storage device features or other VMware products. This document zooms in on Storage DRS interoperability with array based features, such as Auto-Tiering, Thin provisioning, Depulication but also explains VMware products such as Snapshots.”

FEATURE/PRODUCT	INITIAL PLACEMENT	MIGRATION RECOMMENDATIONS
Array-Based Snapshots	Supported	Manual Mode
Array-Based Deduplication	Supported	Manual Mode
Array-Based Thin Provisioning	Supported	Manual Mode
Array-Based Auto-Tiering	Supported	Manual Mode (only space load balancing)
Array-Based Replication	Supported	Manual Mode
VMware vSphere Raw Disk Mapping	Supported	Fully Automated Mode
VMware vSphere Replication	Not Supported	Not Supported
VMware vSphere Snapshots	Supported	Fully Automated Mode
VMware vSphere Thin-Provisioned Disks	Supported	Fully Automated Mode
VMware vSphere Linked Clones	Not Supported	Not Supported
VMware vSphere Storage Metro Cluster	Supported	Manual Mode
VMware vSphere (pre-5.0) Hosts	Not Supported	Not Supported
VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager	Not Supported	Not Supported
VMware vCloud® Director	Not Supported	Not Supported