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Tag Archives: thin provisioning
vSphere Thin-Provisioned Disk Performance
A new paper published by the VMware Performance Team shows that virtual disks using vStorage Thin Provisioning perform nearly as well as fully allocated thick disks. Continue reading
Posted in Virtualizationism
Tagged ESX, PASS, performance, storage, thin provisioning, vSphere
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Easy recovery from a full VMware ESX datastore
With VMware vSphere, ESX, and VMFS, running out of space on a datastore does not cause damage to virtual machines. It is easy to recover without even a guest OS reboot. Continue reading
Posted in Virtualizationism
Tagged PASS, PowerShell, storage, Storage VMotion, Technical, thin provisioning, video, VMFS, vSphere
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PowerShell Prevents Datastore Emergencies
When a datastore in your VMware vSphere environment is about to fill up, you can have vCenter automatically spring into action to prevent downtime by using Storage VMotion. Continue reading
Posted in Virtualizationism
Tagged PASS, PowerCLI, PowerShell, storage, Storage VMotion, Technical, thin provisioning, vCenter, vSphere
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Responsible Thin Provisioning in VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere 4 offers thin provisioned virtual disks backed by management that enables safe use in a production environment thanks to advanced accounting of all provisioned space. Continue reading
