vmdk 类型

VMware-nameplat-
formfilesmax
sizedesc-
riptor
as
text-
filetype

see *extensions 
monolithicSparseWS1950Gb
or 2 Tbno0*.vmdkThis is a growing disk in one piece - the only disk type that uses no external descriptor but an embedded onemonolithicFlatWS2950Gb
or 
2Tbyes2*.vmdk
+ 
*-flat.vmdkThis is a pre-allocated disk in one piecetwoGbMaxExtentSparseWS1 +
x2Gb slicesyes1*.vmdk
+
*-s00*.vmdkThis is a growing disk split into 2Gb chunkstwoGbMaxExtentFlatWS1 +
x2Gb slicesyes3*.vmdk
+ 
*-f00*.vmdkThis is a preallocated disk split into 2Gb chunksvmfsESX
WS2depends on 
block size 
of VMFS 
on ESX

256 = 1 Mb
512 = 2 Mb
1024 = 4 Mb
2048 = 8 Mb

on 
Workstation
upto 2 Tbyes4

/

6*.vmdk
+ 
*-flat.vmdkThis is a variant of the "monolithicFlat" format.
The max size depends on the block size used to format the VMFS-filesystem.

This type can appear as thin provisioned or thick provisioned.
For this discussion this subtypes make no difference.

Thin provision is a feature of VMFS - not of this disktype itself.

Don't mix thin provisioned VMFS-type with monolithicSparsecustomWS2 yes *.vmdk
+ 
third-part-imageUsed to mount v2i-and other third party formatsstreamOptimized 1 no *.vmdkUsed with ovf-xml files

actually this is a variant of the monolithiocSparse format