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Comparing VMFS5 and VMFS6

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

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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