PowerMax VSI Plugin Effective Capacity Metrics explained

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In the Dell Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Client the Effective Capacity shows Metrics:

 

  • Used by VMWare which is calculated by the sum of the PowerMax volume & file system capacity consumed by VMware Datastores (like VMFS, NFS, etc.) and VMs. 

Used by VMware = Total Effective Used Capacity by VMware Resources/Total Effective Used Capacity 

In the screenshot below this is  0.9% (rounded)  = .07 TB (70GB) / 7.7 TB (7884.8 GB) x100

(7.7 TB×1024 GB/TB=7884.8 GB)

  • Used by Non VMWare = represents the capacity NOT used by VMware =  Total Effective Used Capacity - Used by VMWare.

In the screenshot below this is 7.7 TB - 0.1 TB (70GB)  = 7.6 (ROUNDED 7.67)

 

Effective Capacity VSI

The Effective used metric in the Data Savings section shows the combined Effective Used capacity of “Used by VMWare” and “Used by Non VMWare”.

 

Affected Products

VSI for VMware vSphere Web Client
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Article Number: 000312706
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 30 Apr 2025
Version:  2
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