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Difference Between VMFS 3 and VMFS 5

VMFS3

Volume size 64TB5

Raw device mapping size (virtual compatibility) 2TB minus 512 bytes

Raw Device Mapping size (physical compatibility) 2TB minus 512 bytes6

Block size 8MB

File size (1MB block size) 256GB

File size (2MB block size) 512GB

File size (4MB block size) 1TB

File size (8MB block size) 2TB minus 512 bytes

Files per volume Approximately 30,720

VMFS5

Volume size 64TB7

Raw Device Mapping size (virtual compatibility) 2TB minus 512 bytes

Raw Device Mapping size (physical compatibility) 64TB

Block size 1MB3

File size 2TB minus 512 bytes4

Files per volume Approximately 130,690


CapabilityVMFS 3VMFS 5
Maximum single Extend size2 TB  less 512 bytes64 TB
Partition StyleMBR (Master Boot Record) styleGPT (GUID Partition Table)
Available Block Size1 MB/2MB/4MB/8MB only 1 MB
Maximum size of RDM in
 Virtual Compatibiltiy
2 TB  less 512 bytes2 TB  less 512 bytes
Maximum size of RDM in
 Phsical Compatibiltiy
2 TB  less 512 bytes64 TB
Supported Hosts versionsESX/ESX 3.X, 4.X & 5.xOnly ESXi 5 is supported
Spanned Volume size64 TB (32 extends with max
size of extent is 2 TB)
64 TB (32 extends with
any size combination)
Upgrade pathVMFS 3 to VMFS 5Latest Version. NO upgarde
 available yet.
File Limit 30,000100,000
Sub-Block size64 KB8 KB


Difference Between VMFS 3 and VMFS 5