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    Comparing VMFS5 and VMFS6

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    VMFS5 and VMFS6 are both capable of hosting ESXi 6.5 and later hosts, but only VMFS6 can host 6.0 and earlier hosts. They have identical limits of 512 datastores per host and support of 512n storage. VMFS6 introduces automatic space reclamation, space reclamation from guest OS, and support for 4Kn storage devices. Both support large virtual disks, small files, ATS locking, 1MB block size, vMotion, and high availability features.

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    Comparing VMFS5 and VMFS6

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    VMFS5 and VMFS6 are both capable of hosting ESXi 6.5 and later hosts, but only VMFS6 can host 6.0 and earlier hosts. They have identical limits of 512 datastores per host and support of 512n storage. VMFS6 introduces automatic space reclamation, space reclamation from guest OS, and support for 4Kn storage devices. Both support large virtual disks, small files, ATS locking, 1MB block size, vMotion, and high availability features.

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    VMFS5 and VMFS6 are both capable of hosting ESXi 6.5 and later hosts, but only VMFS6 can host 6.0 and earlier hosts. They have identical limits of 512 datastores per host and support of 512n storage. VMFS6 introduces automatic space reclamation, space reclamation from guest OS, and support for 4Kn storage devices. Both support large virtual disks, small files, ATS locking, 1MB block size, vMotion, and high availability features.

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    Comparing VMFS5 and VMFS6

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    VMFS5 and VMFS6 are both capable of hosting ESXi 6.5 and later hosts, but only VMFS6 can host 6.0 and earlier hosts. They have identical limits of 512 datastores per host and support of 512n storage. VMFS6 introduces automatic space reclamation, space reclamation from guest OS, and support for 4Kn storage devices. Both support large virtual disks, small files, ATS locking, 1MB block size, vMotion, and high availability features.

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    Comparing VMFS5 and VMFS6

    Features and Functionalities VMFS5 VMFS6

    Access for ESXi hosts version 6.5 and later Yes Yes

    Access for ESXi hosts version 6.0 and earlier Yes No

    Datastores per host 512 512

    512n storage devices Yes Yes


    (default)

    512e storage devices Yes. Not supported on local Yes


    512e devices (default)

    4Kn storage devices No Yes

    Automatic space reclamation No Yes

    Manual space reclamation through the esxcli Yes Yes


    command

    Space reclamation from guest OS Limited Yes

    GPT storage device partitioning Yes Yes

    MBR storage device partitioning Yes No

    For a VMFS5 datastore that


    has been previously upgraded
    from VMFS3
    Features and Functionalities VMFS5 VMFS6

    Storage devices greater than 2 TB for each VMFS Yes Yes


    extent

    Support for virtual machines with large capacity Yes Yes


    virtual disks, or disks greater than 2 TB

    Support of small files of 1 KB Yes Yes

    Default use of ATS-only locking mechanisms on Yes Yes


    storage devices that support ATS

    Block size Standard 1 MB Standard


    1 MB

    Default snapshots VMFSsparse for virtual disks SEsparse


    smaller than 2 TB

    SEsparse for virtual disks


    larger than 2 TB

    Virtual disk emulation type 512n 512n

    vMotion Yes Yes

    Storage vMotion across different datastore types Yes Yes

    High Availability and Fault Tolerance Yes Yes

    DRS and Storage DRS Yes Yes

    RDM Yes Yes

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