Citrix Xenserver v5 0 And Netapp Storage Best Practices Guide.pdf

Best Practices Guide









CITRIX XENSERVER APP
STORAGE BEST PRACTICES

Citrix Systems, Inc. App, Inc.
October 2008 | Version
2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Challenge of Today’s Enterprise ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Citrix XenServer for Enterprise-Ready Virtualization .............................................................................................................. 3
NetApp Storage Solutions for Enterprise-Ready Virtualization .............................................................................................. 3
Overview of XenServer storage .............................................................................................................................................. 4
Storage repositories (SRs) ............................................................................................................................................... 4
Virtual Disk Images (VDIs) ............................................................................................................................................... 4
Managing Storage ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
XenServer Shared Storage Options ................................................................................................................................. 5
Configuration and Setup ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
NetApp Device Configuration Basics ............................................................................................................................. 10
XenServer Shared Storage Configuration Basics .............................