VMware vSAN
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VMware vSAN is a software-defined storage solution that integrates with VMware vSphere to pool and manage local storage resources across a cluster of ESXi hosts for virtualized workloads.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hyper-converged infrastructure software
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software-defined storage solution ⓘ |
| architecture | distributed object storage ⓘ |
| category | enterprise storage software ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nutanix AOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deploymentModel | clustered storage ⓘ |
| developer | VMware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
automatic rebalancing
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checksum-based data integrity ⓘ cloud-native storage integration ⓘ data compression ⓘ data deduplication ⓘ erasure coding ⓘ fault domains ⓘ file services (vSAN File Services) ⓘ iSCSI target service ⓘ resync throttling ⓘ software RAID ⓘ storage policy-based management ⓘ stretched cluster capability ⓘ |
| integratesWith | VMware vSphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | 2014 ⓘ |
| licensingModel |
per-CPU licensing
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per-TiB licensing in some editions ⓘ |
| managementInterface | vSphere Client NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pools | local storage resources ⓘ |
| previousName | Virtual SAN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provides |
policy-based availability levels
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policy-based performance settings ⓘ policy-based space efficiency settings ⓘ shared datastore abstraction ⓘ |
| runsOn | VMware ESXi hosts ⓘ |
| supports |
2-node cluster configurations
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Kubernetes via VMware Tanzu NERFINISHED ⓘ NVMe flash devices ⓘ ROBO (Remote Office/Branch Office) deployments ⓘ SAS and SATA SSDs ⓘ all-flash storage configurations ⓘ cloud-connected operations via VMware Cloud Foundation ⓘ data-in-transit encryption (vSAN Data-in-Transit Encryption) ⓘ encryption at rest ⓘ hybrid storage configurations ⓘ magnetic hard disk drives ⓘ vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler NERFINISHED ⓘ vSphere High Availability NERFINISHED ⓘ vSphere Storage vMotion NERFINISHED ⓘ vSphere vMotion NERFINISHED ⓘ virtualized workloads ⓘ |
| uses |
storage policies for availability and performance
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vSAN datastore ⓘ |
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