When you are setting up Hedvig Storage Proxies, you can attach SSDs (solid state drives) or NVMe (NVM Express) flash for edge caching.
Procedure
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Open VMware vSphere with the Hedvig vSphere Web Client Plugin.
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In the navigation pane, right-click the storage proxy VM, and then select Edit Settings.
The Virtual Machine Properties dialog box appears.
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On the Hardware tab, click Add.
The Add Hardware dialog box appears.
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On the Device Type page, select Hard Disk, and then click Next.
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On the Select a Disk page, select Create a new virtual disk, and then click Next.
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On the Create a Disk page, complete the following steps:
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In Disk Size, enter the size for the virtual hard disk.
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Select Specify a datastore or datastore cluster, and then enter the path to an SSD datastore.
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BAck on the Create a Disk page, click Next.
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On the Advanced Options page, click Next.
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On the Ready to Complete page, click Finish.
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Click OK to close the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box.