

Purpose
VMware ESXi 5.5 introduces supportability for virtual machine disks (VMDKs) larger than 2 TB. This article provides information on the conditions and limitations of large capacity virtual disks in ESXi 5.5.
Resolution
In vSphere 5.5, large capacity virtual disks have these conditions and limitations:
- An ESXi 5.5 or later host is required.
- The maximum supported VMDK size on an VMFS-5 datastore is increased to 62 TB. However, the maximum supported VMDK size on VMFS-3 is still 2 TB.
- The maximum supported size of a VMDK on NFS is the lesser of 62 TB and 1% less than the maximum file size supported by the NFS filesystem.