https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/p2000-w-esx/m-p/4769702#M37355 Hello All;<BR /><BR />I am experiencing an odd problem.<BR /><BR />on the P2000 i create a volume of say 100GB. when i then present that to ESX it comes up as a raw LUN of 93GB. i.e before formatting to the vmfs.<BR /><BR />Obviously when formatting it then takes a sliver of the space when formatting as expected.<BR /><BR />It seems slightly odd to myself as this does not happen when presenting the same size volume from an EVA4400.<BR /><BR />The only difference is that the EVA is in a switched fabric whereas the P2000 is directly attached to the server over fibre<BR /><BR />Any ideas? thanks Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:49:16 GMT Cbear 2011-03-24T10:49:16Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/p2000-w-esx/m-p/4769702#M37355 Hello All;<BR /><BR />I am experiencing an odd problem.<BR /><BR />on the P2000 i create a volume of say 100GB. when i then present that to ESX it comes up as a raw LUN of 93GB. i.e before formatting to the vmfs.<BR /><BR />Obviously when formatting it then takes a sliver of the space when formatting as expected.<BR /><BR />It seems slightly odd to myself as this does not happen when presenting the same size volume from an EVA4400.<BR /><BR />The only difference is that the EVA is in a switched fabric whereas the P2000 is directly attached to the server over fibre<BR /><BR />Any ideas? thanks Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:49:16 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/p2000-w-esx/m-p/4769702#M37355 Cbear 2011-03-24T10:49:16Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/p2000-w-esx/m-p/4769703#M37356 Sounds like the P2000 works with Hardware GigaBytes and ESX works with Software Gigabytes:<BR /><BR />HWGB:<BR />100,000,000,000 / 1000 / 1000 / 1000 = 100<BR /><BR />SWGB<BR />100,000,000,000 / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 = 93.13<BR /><BR />Command-View EVW works with SWGB, too.<BR /><BR /> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:45:29 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/p2000-w-esx/m-p/4769703#M37356 Uwe Zessin 2011-03-24T13:45:29Z