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mrstorey
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Multiple Pools on a Single VMFS Datastore?

Where tiered storage or SSDs are not available, am I right to assume that best practices for linked clone pool placement on vmfs datastores is 1 Pool = 1 VMFS datastore?

Is there a situation where placing two smaller (10 concurrent users and machines) floating linked clone pools on a single VMFS datastore is acceptable?

I understand the recommended maximum is 64-128 linked clones per VMFS datastore, but I guess this maximum assumes you only have one replica disk on the datastore?

Is there a situation where two or more small pools on a single datastore could be acceptable?  Based on the '64 linked clone' datastore limit, could you for example, happily place 6 linked clone pools with 10 machines without breaking best practice?
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pcerda
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Hi,

I think all is about performance.

You can put a couple of Linked Clones Pools in the same Datastore, as long as the Datastore is able to provide the performance that the virtual desktops need.

Indeed you have a limit of linked clones by Datastore, but in my experience, before you reach this limit, you're going to run out of available IOPS.

Best Regards

Regards / Saludos - Patricio Cerda - vExpert 2011 / 2012 / 2013