Span vmdk files to create one volume to Server 2019?

[bvi1006]

Hi,

We have a document imaging system on a virtual machine with a 1.7TB drive for images. I was wondering if it makes more sense to create 4 vmdk files and create one volume on the Windows servers? I am not a fan of using one large vmdk. If so, should I put them on separate controllers?

Thanks for any help!

Message was edited by: bvi1006

[daphnissov]

Using that type of in-guest-based RAID is a terrible idea. The best thing is to either use one large VMDK or store those on an external NAS.

[continuum]

> I was wondering if it makes more sense to create 4 vmdk files and create one volume on the Windows servers?
Forget it - it is possible but you dont want that.

If you use dynamic disks and one of the vmdks fails you have a serious problem.
Rather create a single new vmdk with 1.7 TB - that is still in the reasonable size-range.