VMware ESXi 6.0 thin vs thick disk - exchange/sql

[kungpow]

Does VMware ESXi 6.0 support thin disk for Exchange 2013/2016 and SQL?

Is thin or thick disk recommended for

1. Exchange/SQL?
2. Remote Desktop Services server?

Thanks

[npadmani]

Is thin or thick disk recommended for

1. Exchange/SQL?

for Exchange: Thick eager zeroed VMDK on a datastore which is not shared by many other VMDKs or RDM.

Ref: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/Exchange_2013_on_VMware_Best_Practices_Guide.pdf‌

for SQL Server: Thick Eager Zeroed, see bellow information

Ref: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/solutions/SQL_Server_on_VMware-Best_Practices_Guide.pdf

Remote Desktop Services server?

Normal rule of practice is

if you are dealing with workload where disk growth rate is too high, use Thick disk, else go with Thin.