Supported filesystems
VMware ESXi supports a couple of different filesystems to use as virtual machine storage; Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) and Network File System (NFS).
VMFS
One of the most common ESXi storage configurations utilizes a purpose-built, high-performance clustered filesystem called VMFS. VMFS is a distributed storage architecture that facilitates concurrent read and write access from multiple ESXi hosts. Any supported SCSI-based block device, whether it is local, Fibre Channel, or network attached may be formatted as a VMFS datastore. See the following table for more information on the various vSphere supported storage protocols.
NFS
NFS, like VMFS, is also a distributed file system and has been around for nearly 20 years. NFS, ...
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