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I have one server with 6 hotplug 300G SAS HDD.

Where is the right place to install the ESX vSphere?

6 HDD RAID10 for datastore and ESX vSphere together

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2 HDD RAID1 for ESX vSphere

4 HDD RAID10 for datastore

Thanks to all helpers

While1
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The VSphere ESXi installation is tiny (<8GB), you'll be wasting a huge amount of space putting it on it's own RAID 1. Go with option 1.

user9517
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Install it on a separate USB stick as VMware intends it, preferably stuck in a port inside the server (most servers have internal USB ports), and leave the HDDs for datastore space.

Stuggi
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