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Why can I create a datastore larger than the physical disk

 
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semaphore
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‎08-12-2021 09:52 AM - last edited on ‎08-16-2021 04:52 AM by

‎08-12-2021 09:52 AM - last edited on ‎08-16-2021 04:52 AM by

Why can I create a datastore larger than the physical disk

Why can I create a datastore larger than the physical disk capacity? For example, I can create a 100 tb disk datastore while I have 29 TB?

 

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gustenar
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‎08-12-2021 10:08 AM

‎08-12-2021 10:08 AM

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Re: Why can I create a datastore larger than the physical disk

SimpliVity datastores are logical containers and can be larger than the actual physical space. All the data in the datastores is compressed and deduplicated. 


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