datastore

[nimic]

hi,

when i create a datastore can i add multiple disks in that datastore?can i expand later datastore adding new disk?vmfs is at datastore level and not at disk level.right?

tnx

[aleex42]

vmfs in on datastore level, right.

You should use a RAID system for your datastore, not single disks ...

[SupreetK]

If it is a local datastore (created on direct attached disks), you have form a logical volume (RAID) on the hardware level in order to have the provision of expanding the datastore at a later point in time. If it is an array with LUN being presented to the hosts, you can create a datastore on one LUN for now. When you want to expand it, you can either expand the existing LUN or add a new LUN as an extent to the existing one and then expand the datastore.

Cheers,

Supreet

[nimic]

hi,

i like to know the answer at this:

when i create a datastore can i add multiple disks in that datastore?

tnx

[johnnyknoxville]

do you mean virtual disks? to create several VMs with disks on the same datastore?

If you mean this, yes, of course you can.

[Kaustubhambulka]

You can use Multiple disk + RAID to create one logical volume. This logical volume you can use to create Datastore.

You can not use multiple disk for creating one Datastore without RAID.

[nimic]

hi,

tnx.

the server where i install esxi must to has hardware controller so i create a virtual drive and i install on it the esxi.right?

with what command i create on esxi a raid?tnx

[johnnyknoxville]

what do you have from HW? which server and how many disks?

normally any server with HW raid controller have some kind of management which you can access from BIOS/UEFI and there you can configure RAID Groups / Virtual Drives and on top of that you install ESXi, create datastores and so on...

[SupreetK]

If you are talking about virtual machine hard disks, yes you can have multiple VM hard disks in the same datastore.

Cheers,

Supreet