I wanted to provide a quick summary of the differences between block and file level storage and how it pertains to VMware. This is not going to be a NAS vs SAN article, but more of the fundamental differences between how they each store data. Block level data storage Protocols that use block level: Fibre channel, iSCSI, ...

Today I've decided to test Openfiler's 2.3 NIC bonding feature. (Active Backup) I won't get into how to configure and setup Openfiler as there are many articles on how to do that, as well as it's a piece of cake.  If you consider yourself a network admin of any kind, you'll breeze through the 1-2-3 setup/configuration. ...