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vSphere 6.5 – Automatic UNMAP

vSphere 6.5 – Automatic UNMAP

In vSphere 6.5 VMware are looking into automating the UNMAP process, where VMFS  would track the deleted blocks and will be able to reclaim deleted space from the backend array in back ground. This background operation should make sure that there is a minimal storage I/O impact due to UNMAP operations. Just to remaind – UNMAP is a VAAI primitive using which we can reclaim dead or stranded space on thinly provisioned VMFS volume. Currently this can be initiated by…

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