Handling datastores

For best performance of VMware datastores:

• Create each datastore on a separate storage volume.
• If you use snapshots/mirroring for volumes, place all Datastore Extents volumes (the building block LUNs of a datastore) in a consistency group (defined by using the storage system GUI or CLI).
• Avoid storing static files in a VVol-enabled datastore. When a new folder is created in the root path of a VVol-based datastore, a 4-GB virtual volume is defined, which cannot be extended.