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VMware Thin Provisioning within ESX 4.0

Title: VMware vStorage Thin Provisioning ESX 4
Author(s): Xtravirt (Paul Davey, Robert J Wilson)
Target Audience: Technical - Intermediate
Current Revision: 1.0 April 2009
First Published: 21 April 2009
Products: VMware ESX 4, vStorage, vSphere
UID: XD10016

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Title: 
VMware vStorage Thin Provisioning ESX 4
Author(s): 
Xtravirt (Paul Davey, Robert J Wilson)
Target Audience: 
Technical - Intermediate
First Published: 
21 April 2009
Products: 
VMware ESX 4, vStorage, vSphere
UID: 
XD10016

This Xtravirt white paper provides information about Thin Provisioning, some key features, and how it is applied to VMware Infrastructure, vSphere and ESX 4 environments.

Put your storage consumption on a diet. Explore the nuts and bolts of Thin Provisioning.

Overview

Thin Provisioning is a mechanism that enables allocation of disk space in a flexible manner in an ‘on demand’ basis using the minimal amount of disk space required at any given time.

This Xtravirt white paper provides information about Thin Provisioning, key features, and how it is applied to VMware Infrastructure, vSphere and ESX 4 environments. 

Key Concepts:

  • What Thin Provisioning is
  • Why use Thin Provisioning
  • ESX 4 and Thin Provisioning
  • Important things to know

 

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