Normal VMDK size for RDMs?

[bazza52]

Hi All

I am trying to find some info on what the normal size of the VMDK file should be for an RDM in physical mode. On a couple of servers I am noticing that it seems to be 0.002% of the RDM size - eg. a 500GB RDM has a 250MB VMDK. We are using a HDS USP for storage.

Thanks

[AndreTheGiant]

For RDM disk (virtual or physical) the vmdk file is just a proxy.

I do not know the exactly size but it is very small and (I think) that it does not depend by the LUN size (cause is just a pointer to a LUN).

Andre

[bazza52]

That's what I thought also that it should be quite small and just a pointer, not hundreds of meg.

[bazza52]

Please ignore my awesome maths Meant to say 0.05%.