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What is vSphere 5 Storage DRS

vSphere 5 from VMware®, the Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS), now takes into account storage I/O as well as storage capacity when moving workloads between hosts. Prior to vSphere 5, a VM could be moved to a host with insufficient storage resources (capacity or I/O), resulting in performance degradation. vSphere 5 Storage DRS operates best if the various types of storage are categorized based on their performance and capacity using Profiles. These profiles can then be grouped (like storage) into datastore clusters. Understanding the performance and capacity of storage can be complicated, and only a little has been written about the use of vSphere 5 Storage DRS. A few of the things to consider prior to implementing Storage DRS can be found in this SolarWinds blog post.

SolarWinds FREE Tools Related to vSphere 5 Storage DRS (Dynamic Resource Scheduler)

VM Console

What do you do when a virtual machine is running amuck—or not running at all—and you just want to restart it without slogging through vCenter™ or vSphere™? With our free VM Console you can bounce that blue-screened troublemaker, track up/down status, take snapshots of all your VMs, and more!

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SAN Monitor

Quickly and easily monitor EMC®, Dell®, IBM®, and Sun® StorageTek™ storage arrays! Our free SAN Monitor delivers the real-time visibility you need to stay steps ahead of infrastructure evils that threaten to slow storage performance.

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VM Monitor

Track virtualization health at-a-glance with X-ray vision into your ESX Servers! Our free VM Monitor continuously monitors a VMware ESX Server and its virtual machines and delivers detailed virtual machine health statistics including VM name, guest OS, and VM state, as well as processor, memory, and network usage.

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SolarWinds Products Related to vSphere 5 Storage DRS (Dynamic Resource Scheduler)

Storage Manager

Storage Manager makes it easy to manage the performance and growth of your multi-vendor storage environment. With end-to-end mapping of your physical and virtual infrastructure, Storage Manager delivers the comprehensive view into storage health that you need to troubleshoot problems quickly. Learn More »

Virtualization Manager

Virtualization Manager makes it easy to manage all the aspects of your virtual infrastructure by providing the tools to control VM sprawl, eliminate bottlenecks, optimize performance, track configuration changes, manage capacity, and track and showback departmental and business unit usage and costs. Learn More »