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VMware VMFS

VMware VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) is VMware, Inc.'s clustered file system used by the company's flagship server virtualization suite, vSphere. It was developed to store virtual machine disk images, including snapshots. Multiple servers can read/write the same filesystem simultaneously while individual virtual machine files are locked. VMFS…

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Open-source implementations

JavaFluid OperationsLinuxVFSFUSE
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Flat filesystem512 emulation (512e)
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Features

Logical unit number (LUN)
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Block suballocation
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Data deduplication
No
Developer
VMware, Inc.
Full name
Virtual Machine File System
Introduced
with ESX Server v1.x
Max file size
62 TB
Max no. of files
~130,690 (VMFS5)

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VMware VMFS

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples31
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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VMware VMFS

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related to Features · 12
VMware VMFS → Add, Allows, Distributed Journaling, ESXi, I/O, LUN, Optimize, Recover, SCSI, VMFS, While, With ESX/ESXi4
related to External links · 8
VMware VMFS → Archived, Best Practices Archived, Inc, Open Source VMFS Implementation, Project, VMFS Technical Overview, VMware, Wayback Machine
Data deduplication · 1
VMware VMFS → No
Developer · 1
VMware VMFS → VMware, Inc.
Full name · 1
VMware VMFS → Virtual Machine File System
Introduced · 1
VMware VMFS → with ESX Server v1.x
Max file size · 1
VMware VMFS → 62 TB
Max no. of files · 1
VMware VMFS → ~130,690 (VMFS5)
Max volume size · 1
VMware VMFS → 64 TB (VMFS5)
Partition IDs · 1
VMware VMFS → 0xfb (MBR)

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vmfs server file virtual machine vmware esx vmfs5 size vsphere used files filesystem inc tb system esxi vmfs3 servers multiple

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
VMware VMFSData deduplicationNo1.00infobox
VMware VMFSDeveloperVMware, Inc.1.00infobox
VMware VMFSFull nameVirtual Machine File System1.00infobox
VMware VMFSIntroducedwith ESX Server v1.x1.00infobox
VMware VMFSMax file size62 TB1.00infobox
VMware VMFSMax no. of files~130,690 (VMFS5)1.00infobox
VMware VMFSMax volume size64 TB (VMFS5)1.00infobox
VMware VMFSPartition IDs0xfb (MBR)1.00infobox
VMware VMFSSupported operating systemsVMware ESX1.00infobox
VMware VMFSTransparent compressionNo1.00infobox
VMware VMFSTransparent encryptionNo1.00infobox
VMware VMFSrelated to External linksVMFS Technical Overview0.60section

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