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Thank you for you replies.<br />
Operation was done today and worked.<br />
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Best regards,
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Thank you for you replies.
Operation was done today and worked.

Best regards,

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Hello,<br />
<br />
I am using Dell R610 servers running vSphere 4.1 and a M3200 storage array.<br />
I will need to create a VMWARE virtual disk of more than 256Gb for file storage.<br />
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Is it possible to change block size to 2M or 4M without reinstalling vShere?<br />
Do I need to set something on storage array or is the change only on vSphere servers?<br />
Can I do it with other virtual disks existing on the same LUN?<br />
<br />
Best regards,
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Hello,

I am using Dell R610 servers running vSphere 4.1 and a M3200 storage array.
I will need to create a VMWARE virtual disk of more than 256Gb for file storage.

Is it possible to change block size to 2M or 4M without reinstalling vShere?
Do I need to set something on storage array or is the change only on vSphere servers?
Can I do it with other virtual disks existing on the same LUN?

Best regards,

VMWARE Disk greater than 256Gb

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.