Need to Move VMs Off Cache Drive

[ptmurphy]

I have reached a point where my VM vdisk sizes are getting too large, taking up almost all of my cache drive, therefore want to move them (or at least the main Windows 11 VM that is taking up most of the space) to another location.

 

I am putting in a 2TB Samsung 980 NVMe M.2 drive and was curious what recommendations this group would have. I have thought of these three options, and not sure what makes the most sense...

 

1. Upgrade my cache drive to the 2TB, removing the old 1TB SSD cache, and basically run as I am today with VMs on the cache drive (going from 1TB SSD to 2TB NVMe)

 

2. Add the NVMe drive (leaving current cache for cache and docker only) using the NVMe to store the vdisks. 

 

3. Add the NVMe drive (leaving current cache for cache, smaller VMs, and docker only) converting the Windows vdisk to a physical disk and running it on the NVMe drive.

 

4. Other thoughts or suggestions?

 

What would you do?

[JonathanM]

On 7/13/2023 at 2:15 PM, ptmurphy said:

2. Add the NVMe drive (leaving current cache for cache and docker only) using the NVMe to store the vdisks. 

That's my vote.

[ptmurphy]

Thanks Jonathan. Appreciate the input.