topic Fc or NFS data stores? in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Fc-or-NFS-data-stores/m-p/15493#M1425 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We love NFS...one thing I can think of is if will ever require an RDM for Exchange for example, then you might want to have FC or iSCSI setup since those require a SAN connection.&nbsp; If not in use no need to leave FCP running.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:08:17 GMT scottgelb 2011-10-07T04:08:17Z Fc or NFS data stores? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Fc-or-NFS-data-stores/m-p/15488#M1423 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Our 3 node cluster of esxi 4.1 is connected to our fas 6280. We currently have about 100 virtual machines sprinkled across 6 nfs data stores. These nfs datastotes are connected with redundant 10Gbe cards.</P><P></P><P>We also have a couple Luns that are connected to 4Gb fiber channel. However we don't have any vm's in them. So I figured why would we need them and stick with nfs.</P><P></P><P>Thought? Can anyone think of why I should keep the fc data stores around for perhaps performance reasons or 10th nfs for the win?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:44:15 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Fc-or-NFS-data-stores/m-p/15488#M1423 peter1965 2025-06-05T06:44:15Z Fc or NFS data stores? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Fc-or-NFS-data-stores/m-p/15493#M1425 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We love NFS...one thing I can think of is if will ever require an RDM for Exchange for example, then you might want to have FC or iSCSI setup since those require a SAN connection.&nbsp; If not in use no need to leave FCP running.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:08:17 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Fc-or-NFS-data-stores/m-p/15493#M1425 scottgelb 2011-10-07T04:08:17Z