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Thanks for the reply Andrew. how would you split a 24tb SAN? it's dependant on the VM sizes correct? Would you put multiple vmdks on 1 data store?
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Thanks for the reply Andrew. how would you split a 24tb SAN? it's dependant on the VM sizes correct? Would you put multiple vmdks on 1 data store?

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Is this a SAN, e.g. LUNs<br />
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Some LUNs will need to be larger than others, to accommodate size of VMDKs and VMs.<br />
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We would organise based on service and servers category.
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Is this a SAN, e.g. LUNs

Some LUNs will need to be larger than others, to accommodate size of VMDKs and VMs.

We would organise based on service and servers category.

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Yes LUNs <br />
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That makes a lot of sense. Thanks
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Yes LUNs

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks

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I have a 24TB SAN which I'm setting up for veeam replication. I have quite a few servers I want to setup for replication. Is it worth have multiple volumes or 1 big volume to hold the replicated VMDK files.
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Hi

I have a 24TB SAN which I'm setting up for veeam replication. I have quite a few servers I want to setup for replication. Is it worth have multiple volumes or 1 big volume to hold the replicated VMDK files.

Volume's on a SAN to accommodate for Veeam Replication

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