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VMDK growth patterns (VMFS3 / 5)

Posted on August 14, 2011 by josh@sostechblog.com

I got curious about block sizes and how thin provisioned .vmdks and snapshot .vmdks grow, especially now that VMFS5 uses a 1MB “unified” block size. I came up with the following table: VMDK File growth patterns VMFS3 ESXi 4.1………Thin Provision…..Snapshots … Continue reading →

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vSphere5 – Storage – import a 4TB LUN

Posted on August 12, 2011 by josh@sostechblog.com

With vSphere5 you can format 64TB LUNs with VMFS5, but you are still limited to 2TB VMDK files. [note that a new VMFS5 datastore has a 1MB block size and 2TB VMDK max, breaking away from the old 1/2/4/8 = … Continue reading →

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