VMFS vs. RDM
Let’s have a quick comparison between VMFS and RDM disk types.
ESXi Features
|
Virtual Disk File
|
Virtual Mode RDM
|
Physical Mode RDM
|
Clustering
|
Cluster in a box only
|
Cluster in a box only
Cluster across-boxes |
Physical to virtual
clustering
Cluster across-boxes |
Snapshot
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Distributed Locking
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
vCenter Server Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
SCSI command passed
through
|
No
|
No
|
Yes, REPORTED LUNs is not
passed through
|
SCSI Target-Based
Software
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Hope this was informative J
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