ESXi 4.1.0 and local storage

I have a new installation of ESXi on a new dell Server 4.1.0.  The server is a 4 TB RAID controller.

Two related questions:

1. once I have create my first data store (say 100 GB) on this controller and try to create a 2nd... the controller is no longer visible in the addition of storage & gt; disk/lun & gt; Select the disk/lun dialog.  ESX is limited to a data store local by controller or by physical volume or something like that?  (when I delete the first store of data, the controller is displayed again once again.)

2. I am familiar with the "block size limit problem file size" during the creation of data warehouses.  My goal is to put a virtual record of 3.5 to on a local data store.  The largest block size available is 8 MB that will allow me to make a 2 TB vmdk.  The best way to achieve this just do two vmdk and they extend inside the guest virtual computer (Server 2 K 8 R2), or is there a more elegant way to do at ESX level and provide the guest with a full volume?

I have a new installation of ESXi on a new dell Server 4.1.0.  The server is a 4 TB RAID controller.

ESX supports the LUN/Volume sizes up to 2 TB - 512 bytes. You must divide the RAID.

1. once I have create my first data store (say 100 GB) on this controller and try to create a 2nd... the controller is no longer visible in the addition of storage > disk/lun > select disk/lun dialog.  ESX is limited to a data store local by controller or by physical volume or something like that?  (when I delete the first store of data, the controller is displayed again once again.)

Due to the partition of the ESXi installation partition, you can create 1 VMFS partition/data store. Furthermore, VMware does support only 1 VMFS datastore by volume.

2. I am familiar with the "block size limit problem file size" during the creation of data warehouses.  My goal is to put a virtual record of 3.5 to on a local data store.  The largest block size available is 8 MB that will allow me to make a 2 TB vmdk.  The best way to achieve this just do two vmdk and they extend inside the guest virtual computer (Server 2 K 8 R2), or is there a more elegant way to do at ESX level and provide the guest with a full volume?

I guess ranging in Windows is your only option.

and then, when I create a data store with a block size of 8MB / 2048... maximum file size it creates the partition as only 558GB even if I chose "maximize capacity" and the volume is empty!

ESXi only supports 2 TB - 512Bytes by volume. If you have a larger one you won't be able to use the volume size less (to n * 2). For example 4.5 TB - TB 2 * 2 = 0.5 to.

With a 4 TB RAID, I recommend that divide you the RAID in several logical volumes. I would create a volume to only operating system (ESXi) and a small store of data for example ISO with a volume of 50 GB files. Then create several volumes with max 2 TB - 512 bytes.

André

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