Thanks for the reply a.p. and sorry for the late response, I got a bit busy.
As for using a VMDK:
- If I ever needed to move the file storage, how easy would it be?
- How does this work if I wanted to add more storage -- can I add a HDD and extend the VMDK?
- How does this work with a RAID controller?
If it's just going to be a simple file storage HDD, why can't the VM access the HDD directly?
"there are several options to do this..."
What are the other options?
FYI, currently I have a 1TB HDD (datastore) that stores the VM OSs and I have a separate 2TB HDD that will be used for a file store.