Whitepaper: Using raw device mapping (with VMware ESX Server 2.5)

December 15, 2004 by virtualization.info Editors

VMware released a new paper explaining a new feature of the just released ESX Server 2.5:

This technical note is intended to help ESX Server administrators to understand how raw device mapping works and decide when it’s appropriate to use it.

You can get it here.

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