Network Systems Consultant protects business-critical data with NETGEAR
Rich DePas is a Network Systems Manager at an international industrial equipment manufacturer with offices located throughout the world. He also has his own engineering consulting firm, Data Coordination. A self-proclaimed VMware aficionado, Rich has successfully run an entire office, serving 200 end users on multiple computing platforms, using multiple VMware sessions on a single ReadyNAS system. Rich is applying the same model to his small business customer environments and seeing superb improvements in peace-of-mind, energy consumption and reliability.
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Using the ReadyNAS as a VMware ESX Datastore
Did you know the ReadyNAS business-class products are VMware certified? In this article, we are going to describe how to connect a ReadyNAS to VMware’s ESX to function as a datastore.
There are two methods of connecting the ReadyNAS via ESX to use as a datastore. First, we are going to show how-to using the NFS protocol. In the near future, this article will be updated to also show using an iSCSI target.
Method 1 : ReadyNAS NFS share as a Datastore
Method 2 : ReadyNAS iSCSI target as a Datastore (Coming Soon!)
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Brings Virtualization to SMBs
Leading SMB Storage Platform Now Supports VMware via NFS; Channel Partners Can Deliver Virtualization to SMBs
SAN JOSE, Calif. – September 30, 2009 - NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically innovative, branded networking solutions, today announced that its ReadyNAS® family of unified network storage devices for the Small- to Medium-sized Business (SMB) market are certified as compatible with VMware®’s industry-leading ESX 4.0 virtualization solution. With this announcement, NETGEAR’s award-winning ReadyNAS storage products can be fully integrated with VMware, providing SMBs with the benefits of virtualization at an affordable price point. As a result, NETGEAR channel partners can now deliver virtualization solutions to SMBs for as little as $1,000 in a desktop form factor.
