2V0-621D · Question #121
Which datastore type can be extended to span several physical storage extents, including storage Area Network LUNs and local storage devices, in order to create a datastore that fits the needs of…
The correct answer is D. VMFS Datastores. VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) datastores are a type of datastore that can be extended to span several physical storage extents, including SAN LUNs and local storage devices, to create a single logical datastore.
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Which datastore type can be extended to span several physical storage extents, including storage Area Network LUNs and local storage devices, in order to create a datastore that fits the needs of your virtual machines?
Options
- AVirtual SAN
- BNFS
- CiSCSI
- DVMFS Datastores
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(38 responses)- A3% (1)
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- D92% (35)
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VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) datastores are a type of datastore that can be extended to span several physical storage extents, including SAN LUNs and local storage devices, to create a single logical datastore.
Virtual SAN (vSAN) creates a datastore by aggregating local disks from multiple ESXi hosts into a single pool, but it is a hyper-converged storage solution and does not traditionally "span" disparate SAN LUNs and local disks as extents.
NFS (Network File System) datastores are file shares mounted from a NAS device; they are presented as a single share and cannot be extended by directly adding separate LUNs or local storage extents within vSphere.
iSCSI is a protocol used to present block storage (LUNs) to ESXi hosts, but it is not a datastore type itself; rather, VMFS or other file systems are created on top of iSCSI LUNs.
VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) is a clustered file system specifically designed for vSphere that allows for the creation of datastores that can span multiple physical LUNs (extents), aggregating their capacity into a single logical volume that can be expanded dynamically.
Concept tested: VMFS datastore characteristics
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-3E0B5B6D-5D9B-4CF8-88CF-2902996E2E17.html
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