Is there a maximum write speed in a VMFS on VI3

[Edmondo]

Hi,

I remember reading something a while ago now about there being a maximum speed that a VMFS can be written to.... Dose anyone have any information or links on this? or is it simply restricted by you network speed?

Many Thanks,

Chris

[mstahl75]

I'm not sure there is a maximum speed beyond whatever your disk subsystem supports. However, there was a lot of discussion around the time 3.0 came out and write speeds were slower than BETAs were and seemed slower than ESX 2.x.

[Edmondo]

Thanks for the help, i looked further into the speed issue i was having and it turned out to be the physical network switch.

Currently it is running at the maximum for a 100Mb switch so if the speed becomes a problem the switches will have to be replaced with Gb switches.

Thanks Again,

Chris