Are they talking about TS-653D as storage for VMWare Hypervisors? Or are they talking about running VMs on the NAS itself?
Is it possible the TS-653D is more capable to host VMs than TS-873A?
TS-653D having certifications for VMWare, Citrix... while TS-873A doesn't, what does it mean
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Re: TS-653D having certifications for VMWare, Citrix... while TS-873A doesn't, what does it mean
Yes. Check it out here.
No, not with VMware VSphere, MS Hyper-V or Citrix XenStation.Or are they talking about running VMs on the NAS itself?
It's possible to run VMs on the NAS itself with the Virtualization Station app but that's a completely different feature and neither of the models you mention are ideal as a large scale VM host.
No. It's not a huge difference but the TS-873A have a more capable CPU and more importantly as a VM host, it support much more RAM.Is it possible the TS-653D is more capable to host VMs than TS-873A?
RAID have never ever been a replacement for backups. Without backups on a different system (preferably placed at another site), you will eventually lose data!
A non-RAID configuration (including RAID 0, which isn't really RAID) with a backup on a separate media protects your data far better than any RAID-volume without backup.
All data storage consists of both the primary storage and the backups. It's your money and your data, spend the storage budget wisely or pay with your data!
A non-RAID configuration (including RAID 0, which isn't really RAID) with a backup on a separate media protects your data far better than any RAID-volume without backup.
All data storage consists of both the primary storage and the backups. It's your money and your data, spend the storage budget wisely or pay with your data!
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Re: TS-653D having certifications for VMWare, Citrix... while TS-873A doesn't, what does it mean
Either TS-653D or TS873A works with VMware. But certifications cost money and we don't certify every model.
TS-873A should be better for VMware than TS-653D because 873A has a better CPU for better IOPS. And it has more and higher bandwidth PCIe slots for 10GbE in a PCIe slot that can actually accommodate 10GbE of bandwidth.
TS-873A does not have HDMI or the ability to do hardware transcoding without adding a GPU. But for almost any other task, this should be a better unit.
TS-873A should be better for VMware than TS-653D because 873A has a better CPU for better IOPS. And it has more and higher bandwidth PCIe slots for 10GbE in a PCIe slot that can actually accommodate 10GbE of bandwidth.
TS-873A does not have HDMI or the ability to do hardware transcoding without adding a GPU. But for almost any other task, this should be a better unit.
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Re: TS-653D having certifications for VMWare, Citrix... while TS-873A doesn't, what does it mean
Thank you P3R, and QNAPDanielFL for the clarifications.