Defining the number of disks devices on VMware ESX Server

This section provides information for defining the number of disks devices on VMware ESX Server.

The maximum number of devices that are supported on a VMware ESX Server is 128. However the VMkernel supports up to 64 concurrent I/Os. The embedded multipathing capability of the VMkernel can manage up to 1024 disks.

The maximum number of LUNs that can be used must accommodate the 3 previous limitations.

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