Topology ideas

Hello,

I would like to get some ideas before finalizing this topology (see attached):

3 r710 machines storing production vm servers on local disks.

A 4th r710 machine is on stand-by for a failure of one of the 3 (this is a target machine for backup restores).

This 4th, target, machine is connected to an MD1000 unit with 15 X 2TB SAS drives, to function as a storage for veeam backup and replication backup copies.

Any comments on this would be appreciated.

A couple of questions:

1. What RAID would suit best on the MD1000?

2. Which option is better - a. install the veeam server on a physical machine, directly connected to the storage (speed up backups, but slow recovery to target?)

                                             b. install the veeam server on a physical machine not physically connected to the storage.

                                             c. install the veeam server on a virtual server on the target machine, which is directly connected to the storage.

All servers share a network link.

Licensing:

VMware Essentials + Vcenter

Veeam Backup & Replication

Thanks!