Comments on: Max amount of VMs per VMFS volume http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/07/07/max-amount-of-vms-per-vmfs-volume/ Building blocks for virtualization... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: hphuhtin http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/07/07/max-amount-of-vms-per-vmfs-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-5384 hphuhtin Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:31:55 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3371#comment-5384 LUN != VMFS. What if you use multiple LUNs and extents to create one VMFS? There are cases where this would be beneficial. For instance Lab Manager environment, where the linked clones can be created only within one VMFS. LUN != VMFS. What if you use multiple LUNs and extents to create one VMFS?

There are cases where this would be beneficial. For instance Lab Manager environment, where the linked clones can be created only within one VMFS.

]]> By: Satyam Vaghani http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/07/07/max-amount-of-vms-per-vmfs-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-4049 Satyam Vaghani Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:33:03 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3371#comment-4049 Just for the record, 3011 is not a literal maximum. But now that the cat is out, it is the maximum number we tried at the time of releasing ESX3.0.0 before we ran out of hardware and interest (and it was getting really late for dinner). Just for the record, 3011 is not a literal maximum. But now that the cat is out, it is the maximum number we tried at the time of releasing ESX3.0.0 before we ran out of hardware and interest (and it was getting really late for dinner).

]]> By: Vaughn http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/07/07/max-amount-of-vms-per-vmfs-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-3977 Vaughn Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:59:21 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3371#comment-3977 Per the norm, great post! VM to datastore density can be a huge challenge if you have >100 VMs. In addition the number of datstores one has can impact others areas of operations including storage provisioning, D2D backup, and data replication. I guess there's no free lunch. If the storage architecture is ham strung with a shallow queue depth than it must be taken into consideration with the architecture design. Once you get your NetApp systems setup maybe you can repeat this discussion considering NFS as the storage protocol for accessing general purpose shared storage pools. Cheers! Per the norm, great post! VM to datastore density can be a huge challenge if you have >100 VMs. In addition the number of datstores one has can impact others areas of operations including storage provisioning, D2D backup, and data replication.

I guess there’s no free lunch. If the storage architecture is ham strung with a shallow queue depth than it must be taken into consideration with the architecture design.

Once you get your NetApp systems setup maybe you can repeat this discussion considering NFS as the storage protocol for accessing general purpose shared storage pools.

Cheers!

]]> By: VirtualGeek http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/07/07/max-amount-of-vms-per-vmfs-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-3974 VirtualGeek Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:42:14 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3371#comment-3974 There actually is a literal maximum, which is 3011, which is obviously stupid high :-) Your logic is right on. There actually is a literal maximum, which is 3011, which is obviously stupid high :-)

Your logic is right on.

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