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Hi,<br />
I use two MD3200i for iSCSI storage on my VMware.<br />
I manage several &nbsp;virtual machines with different disk size, I mean: some with 1 TB disk, some 80 GB, some 200 GB, and so.<br />
What is suggested way to create lun according to various disk size?<br />
Is it better to have little lun with large space, or the opposite?<br />
Thank you
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Hi,
I use two MD3200i for iSCSI storage on my VMware.
I manage several  virtual machines with different disk size, I mean: some with 1 TB disk, some 80 GB, some 200 GB, and so.
What is suggested way to create lun according to various disk size?
Is it better to have little lun with large space, or the opposite?
Thank you

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