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Appendix A ESX Server Partitioning
Notapplicable VMFS3 1.2GB 1.2GB 1.2GB AVMFSpartitionisrequired.
However,VMFSpartitionsdonot
needtobelocatedonalocalor
bootdrive.
VMFSpartitionscanbelocatedon
a:
LocalSCSIvolume
NetworkedSCSIvolume
SAN
Usedtostorevirtualmachine
virtualdisks.VMware
recommends8GBstorageper
virtualmachine.
Notes:
AnynumberofVMFSvolumes
canbecreatedoneachLUNas
longasthespaceisavailable.
VMFS2issupportedin
read‐onlymodetoimport
legacyvirtualmachines.
IfyouwanttheESX Server
hosttobootfromaSAN,read
“LUNRequirements”on
page 83forVMFSpartitioning
requirements.
Table A-1. ESX Server Required Partitions (Continued)
Mount Point Type
Recommended Storage
by Host Disk Configuration
Partition Description
Internal
Disk with
External
SAN,
NAS, or
iSCSI SAN Only
Internal
Disk
Only
