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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…

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.

Section 3 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage

Question

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

How the community answered

(38 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • C
    5% (2)
  • D
    92% (35)

Why each option

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.

AVirtual SAN

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.

BNFS

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.

CiSCSI

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.

DVMFS DatastoresCorrect

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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#VMFS#datastore types#storage extents

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