There has been a new release of a PDF document from VMware.
With NFS present in many client's installation of Virtual Infrastructures, you might want to find out some tips and tweaks for NFS running with VMware vSphere. You'll be able to find some new tips and tricks for NFS based storage. This new white paper has been released by VMware. Some words about the author of the PDF:
Paul Manning is a Storage Architect in the technical marketing group at VMware and is focused on virtual
storage management. Previously, he worked at EMC and Oracle, where he had more than ten years’ experience designing and developing storage infrastructure and deployment best practices. He has also developed and delivered training courses on best practices for highly available storage infrastructure to a variety of customers and partners in the United States and abroad. He is the author of numerous publications and presented many talks on the topic of best practices for storage deployments and performance optimization.
The capabilities of VMware vSphere 4 on NFS are very similar to the VMware vSphere™ on block-based storage. VMware offers support for almost all features and functions on NFS—as it does for vSphere on SAN. Running vSphere on NFS is a very viable option for many virtualization deployments as it offers strong performance and stability if configured correctly. This paper provides an overview of the considerations and best practices for deployment of VMware vSphere on NFS based storage. It also examines the myths that exist and will attempt to dispel confusion as to when NFS should and should not be used with vSphere. It will also provide some troubleshooting tips and tricks.
Here is the download link: https://vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMware-NFS-BestPractices-WP-EN.pdf
