So let me get this straight. Thin provisioning uses LSFS, a logging technology that logs all writes and never deletes anything, thus the lsfs files grow until they fill up the disk and the LUN crashes. So "Thin Provisioning" actually uses more disk space than Thick Provisioning. (I have a ...

you think... lsfs needs improvement? I have a 30G deduped lsfs that is taking up 150GB of disk space and is taking 20 minutes to mount. I would go to a raw disk, but although it says all over the web site that the free version has all the features of the paid version except it is limited to 2 nodes,...

Brand new install of the latest 8.0.7145. I just tried a simple shutdown and restart and it took the same amount of time. At this rate a 1TB LUN could take a half hour to mount after every Patch Tuesday. That is not acceptable. There has to be a way to avoid whatever is going on. This is in a lab en...

I just powered on a Starwind VSAN and it took a good 10 minutes for it to mount a couple of LUNs (200GB and 300GB). What can cause this long mount time and how can I avoid it. The delay kept a couple of VMs from powering on via VMware Automatic Startup.