[SSD Cache using virtual SSD under ESXi 6.7]

Based on an article I found on google under "Emulate HDD as SSD flash disk on Esxi and VMware workstation"

Thanks to virtual geek.

 

 

Howto implement:

·         Stop the Xpenology VM

·         Add an SCSI Controller VMware paravirtual as additional device

·         Add 2 identical sized virtual disks and check that they are connected to the scsi controller

 

 

·         Edit the xpenology.vmx (or whatever your vm is called)  file using putty and add the following for the disks

scsi0:0.virtualSSD = "1"

scsi0:1.virtualSSD = "1"

·         startup the vm

 

disks are visible as SSDs in storage manager

·         Add write cache under SSD Cache

·         That’s it.

 

Currently running on version 6.2.3-25426 update 3 on backup environment.

 

 

xpenology ssd cache howto.pdf