![\"LimitIOPerVM\"](\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM-996x1024.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAs you can see on the image above, it is easy to limit the IOPs per VMDK within the vSphere web-client.
\nJust browse to your Virtual Machine and go to edit settings. Select the “Hard drive”, which you would limit on IOPs and expand it.<\/p>\n
Note:<\/strong> By default, all VMDKs are set to unlimited IOPs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the many features in VMware vSphere, which I didn’t know, is the capability, to limit IOPs per VMDK\u00a0without setting any limitations on the underlying storage system or for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Limit IOPs Per VMDK in your #vSphere environment.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[154],"tags":[149,16,97],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Limit IOPs Per VMDK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This article describes how to limit IOPs per VMDK. This limitation is set via the vSphere client and is independent from any limitations set on the storage.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Limit IOPs Per VMDK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article describes how to limit IOPs per VMDK. This limitation is set via the vSphere client and is independent from any limitations set on the storage.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mind The Virtualization\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-22T15:30:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-06-20T02:02:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM-996x1024.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@MindTheVirt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MindTheVirt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jan\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb6071318857fba6c1bcae35229256a4\"},\"headline\":\"Limit IOPs Per VMDK\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-22T15:30:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-20T02:02:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/\"},\"wordCount\":94,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb6071318857fba6c1bcae35229256a4\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM-996x1024.png\",\"keywords\":[\"VM performance\",\"VMware\",\"vSphere 5.5\"],\"articleSection\":[\"VMware\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/\",\"name\":\"Limit IOPs Per VMDK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM-996x1024.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-22T15:30:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-20T02:02:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"This article describes how to limit IOPs per VMDK. This limitation is set via the vSphere client and is independent from any limitations set on the storage.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM-996x1024.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM-996x1024.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Limit IOPs Per VMDK\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/\",\"name\":\"Mind The Virtualization\",\"description\":\"by Jan Schwoebel\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb6071318857fba6c1bcae35229256a4\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb6071318857fba6c1bcae35229256a4\",\"name\":\"Jan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image1.jpeg?fit=2250%2C3000&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image1.jpeg?fit=2250%2C3000&ssl=1\",\"width\":2250,\"height\":3000,\"caption\":\"Jan\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Limit IOPs Per VMDK","description":"This article describes how to limit IOPs per VMDK. This limitation is set via the vSphere client and is independent from any limitations set on the storage.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Limit IOPs Per VMDK","og_description":"This article describes how to limit IOPs per VMDK. This limitation is set via the vSphere client and is independent from any limitations set on the storage.","og_url":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/","og_site_name":"Mind The Virtualization","article_published_time":"2015-06-22T15:30:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-06-20T02:02:16+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM-996x1024.png"}],"author":"Jan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@MindTheVirt","twitter_site":"@MindTheVirt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jan"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/"},"author":{"name":"Jan","@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb6071318857fba6c1bcae35229256a4"},"headline":"Limit IOPs Per VMDK","datePublished":"2015-06-22T15:30:16+00:00","dateModified":"2015-06-20T02:02:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/"},"wordCount":94,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb6071318857fba6c1bcae35229256a4"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM-996x1024.png","keywords":["VM performance","VMware","vSphere 5.5"],"articleSection":["VMware"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/","url":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/","name":"Limit IOPs Per VMDK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM-996x1024.png","datePublished":"2015-06-22T15:30:16+00:00","dateModified":"2015-06-20T02:02:16+00:00","description":"This article describes how to limit IOPs per VMDK. This limitation is set via the vSphere client and is independent from any limitations set on the storage.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM-996x1024.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM-996x1024.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/limit-iops-per-vmdk\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Limit IOPs Per VMDK"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/","name":"Mind The Virtualization","description":"by Jan Schwoebel","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb6071318857fba6c1bcae35229256a4"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb6071318857fba6c1bcae35229256a4","name":"Jan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image1.jpeg?fit=2250%2C3000&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image1.jpeg?fit=2250%2C3000&ssl=1","width":2250,"height":3000,"caption":"Jan"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/45.77.187.106"]}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"LimitIOPerVM\"](\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-9.37.04-PM.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n