IBM FlashSystem and VMware Implementation and Best Practices Guide

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Storage consumption

This chapter describes storage-related configurations in VMware vSphere for IBM FlashSystem storage systems.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•“Datastore types” on page 36.

•“VMware vSphere Storage APIs Array Integration (VAAI)” on page 43.

3.1 Datastore types

Datastores are logical containers that provide a uniform model for storing virtual machine files, ISO images, and virtual machine templates. The following sections describe the types of datastores that can be deployed with IBM FlashSystem.

3.1.1 vSphere Virtual ...

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