@Breffni-Potter said in The VSA is the Ugly Result of Legacy Vendor Lock-Out:
Is this really the case? I'm sceptical that a VMWare or HyperV or even a XenServer based system would have that huge a difference in performance requirements compared with a Scale system.
"24 vCores and up to 300GB RAM (depending on the vendor) just to power the VSA’s and boot themselves vs HES using a fraction of a core per node and 6GB RAM total. Efficiency matters."
Is this genuine or is it a flippant example? If it's genuine...shut up and take my money.
From Starwind's LSFS FAQ
"How much RAM do I need for LSFS device to function properly?
4.6 MB of RAM per 1 GB of LSFS device with disabled deduplication,
7.6 MB of RAM per 1 GB of LSFS device with enabled deduplication."
So, yeah, could easily eat up that much ram. ~7.6GB RAM per TB of storage.
I didn't spot the CPU recommendation, but I know it's beefy.