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oh, so it is possible to use NTFS for &gt;&nbsp;2TB ?
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thanks for the reply man,<br />
I've stitched the VMFS by using 3x extents, and now I'm about to insert/attach 1 very large drive to the VM.<br />
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is that normal way to do it ?
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yes, so it is possible then to utilize this with Openfiler.
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thanks for the suggestion man.
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Hi Everyone,<br />
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Does anyone here use Openfiler as VM for the iSCSI datastore ?<br />
I'd like to know how do you set it as your Virtual Machine and what's the performance so far ?<br />
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My primary goal is to present the Openfiler as iSCSI storage larger than 2 TB to my Windows Server for storing large datafiles, so it must be formatted as NTFS.<br />
<br />
Thanks.
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Hi Everyone,

Does anyone here use Openfiler as VM for the iSCSI datastore ?
I'd like to know how do you set it as your Virtual Machine and what's the performance so far ?

My primary goal is to present the Openfiler as iSCSI storage larger than 2 TB to my Windows Server for storing large datafiles, so it must be formatted as NTFS.

Thanks.

oh, so it is possible to use NTFS for &gt; 2TB ?

thanks for the reply man,
I&#39;ve stitched the VMFS by using 3x extents, and now I&#39;m about to insert/attach 1 very large drive to the VM.

is that normal way to do it ?

yes, so it is possible then to utilize this with Openfiler.

Configuring Openfiler 2.3 iSCSI as VM for large file storage (backup server)

Hi Everyone,

Does anyone here use Openfiler as VM for the iSCSI datastore ?
I&#39;d like to know how do you set it as your Virtual Machine and what&#39;s the performance so far ?

My primary goal is to present the Openfiler as iSCSI storage larger than 2 TB to my Windows Server for storing large datafiles, so it must be formatted as NTFS.

Thanks.

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