Creating a datastore cluster

Datastores presented to the ESXi servers can be grouped together into a single I/O and capacity pool called the datastore cluster. The main purpose of creating a datastore cluster is to leverage Storage DRS's functionality to load-balance datastore space utilization and I/O capacity.

For datastores to be in a datastore cluster, they should meet the following requirements:

• The datastores in a datastore cluster should only be accessible to ESXi hosts from a single datacenter

• A datastore cluster cannot contain both VMFS and NFS volumes

In this recipe we will learn how to create a datastore cluster.

How to do it

The following procedure will guide you through the steps required to create a datastore cluster:

1. Use the vSphere Web Client to connect to the vCenter Server.

2. Navigate to Home | Storage:

   

3. Right-click on the datacenter in which you intend to create the datastore cluster and click on New Datastore Cluster… to bring up the New Datastore Cluster wizard:

   

4. In the New Datastore...