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adispy
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Maximum storage limit

If somewone knows what is the maximum storage space for esx 3.5u5 and vsphere; I am trying to install a storage server and I need to know what is the limit.

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Troy_Clavell
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for VI3 and vSphere4 it's the same. Although officially it's 2TB - 512b, as Brian pointed out.

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vmroyale
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Hello.

You might also want to check out kb 3371739.

Good Luck!

Brian Atkinson | vExpert | VMTN Moderator | Author of "VCP5-DCV VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization on vSphere 5.5 Study Guide: VCP-550" | @vmroyale | http://vmroyale.com
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adispy
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for vsphere does anyone knows ?

I got it is still 2 TB; not good...

any way thnks for your rapid answers

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Troy_Clavell
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for VI3 and vSphere4 it's the same. Although officially it's 2TB - 512b, as Brian pointed out.

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toha
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For VMFS datastore upper limit is 2TB (minus 512 bytes) as already told, but with NFS you can have larger datastores, upper limit is most likely dictated by your storage device in that case.

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