VMware vSphere VMFS is a high-performance cluster file system (CFS) that enables virtualization to scale beyond the boundaries of a single system. Designed, constructed and optimized for the virtual infrastructure, VMFS increases resource utilization by providing multiple virtual machines with shared access to a consolidated pool of clustered storage. And it offers the foundation for virtualization spanning multiple servers, enabling services such as virtual machine snapshots, VMware vSphere Thin Provisioning, VMware vSphere vMotion, VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (vSphere DRS), VMware vSphere High Availability (vSphere HA), VMware vSphere Storage DRS and VMware vSphere Storage vMotion.
VMFS reduces management overhead by providing a highly effective virtualization management layer that is especially suitable for large-scale enterprise datacenters. Administrators employing VMFS find it easy and straightforward to use, and they benefit from the greater efficiency and increased storage utilization offered by the use of shared resources.
VMFS reduces management overhead by providing a highly effective virtualization management layer that is especially suitable for large-scale enterprise datacenters. Administrators employing VMFS find it easy and straightforward to use, and they benefit from the greater efficiency and increased storage utilization offered by the use of shared resources.
This paper provides a technical overview of VMFS, including a discussion of features and their benefits. It highlights how VMFS capabilities enable greater scalability and decreased management overhead and it offers best practices and architectural considerations for deployment of VMFS.
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmfs-best-practices-wp.pdf
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmfs-best-practices-wp.pdf
