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Re: Virtual (Windows) Fileservers with a lot of storage

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Should I just create a VMDK of 10 TB and assign it to the virtual Fileserver ?

The maximu single VMDK size is still 2TB.  You can create 5 or 6 of these and combine them within the fileserver though to give yourself a 10TB file system.  Alternatively, use mount points and/or DFSto make it appear like you have a single large file system but break it up into smaller pieces so you can try to do backups or recoveries.  You never want to corrupt a 10TB file system or you'll have a pretty lousy week.  I saw a 6TB file system go corrupt once due to a bug in XFS.  Ruined my Christmas (and that of a lot of other people) trying to recover the data.


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