Short and sweet tips on thin provision virtual environments!

1. The Skinny on
Thin Provisioning in
Virtual Environments
Presented by:
Chad Brown
Brad Artlip
in partnership with

2. About Us

3. Thin Provisioning:
Why It’s Important for Virtual Environments

4. What is Thin Provisioning?
App A
App B
App C
App A
App B
App C
Unused
Space
Unused
Space
Unused
Space
Pooled
Space
Traditional Allocation Thin Provisioning

5. How Does it Work?

6. Thin Provisioned VM
80GB
10GB
70GB
● Only space needed by the VM is allocated upfront
● Dynamically adds more space as needed

7. Why Thin Provision?

8. Save Money!

9. Traditionally, We Overallocated

10. Why Thin Provision?
Wasted
Space

11. Growth & Forecasting

12. Thin Provisioning Options

13. Option 1: vSphere

14. Option 2: Supported Array

15. How to Decide?

16. Important Considerations

17. Things to Keep in Mind
A. Plan & Forecast
B. Reserve Storage Capacity
C. Deploy Storage Monitoring

18. @AventisSystems
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19. Thank You!
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