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Creating new datastore for file storage

Hi,

Just looking for advice and recommendations on setting up a new 1.6TB datastore within ESXi 4.1.  I am adding this new datastore which is actually my 3rd one.  This new datastore is going to be provisioned for our file server.  Currently, our file server is a physical server and we simply want to move our data to a Windows 2008 VM with access to all this new storage once we get it copied over.  In order to do this, when creating the new datastore would it be best to choose a 4MB or 8MB block size?  I would like to utilize all this space for this one VM which will house all our data.  Also, in the beginning of the wizard it asks which one of my two hosts to attach this new datastore to...does this really matter?

Just thinking...would it be best to create one or two virtual disks for this VM?  Guess I'm just a little confused on setting all this up.  Any help is appreciated!

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