why so many .vmdk files in virtual machine folder? also I am running vm workstation 10 can I upgrade to vsphere?

[arcolino1]

hi all, I like the vmware product. the scalability can not be beat. couple of questions, I have workstation 10.0.3 latest build it seems there is not a higher version after that?

my host machine is a 1tb h/d 8gigs of ram  2.2 ghz processor. I seem to remember reading somewhere that vsphere requires more? also I have a bunch of .vmdk files in two of my virtual machine folders is there a way to turn that off is it safe to turn of it eating up space. Thanks for the feedback.

[Linjo · Accepted solution]

Hi Neil.

Yes, 10.0.3 is the latest released version. There is a "Tech Preview" that is a later version if you feel adventurous.

Your specs should be ok for vSphere, but that does not mean that it will run natively on that machine, you could try to run it in workstation instead.

The many VMDK-files is probably because you choose to have them in 2GB increments when you created your virtual machine, you can also choose to have one big VMDK file. It should not have any big impact on performance.

// linjo