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1VMwarevSANThemarket-leadinghyperconvergedinfrastructuresoftware1andyourfirststeptohybridcloudATAGLANCEHyperconvergedinfrastructure(HCI)convergescompute,storageandstoragenetworkingresourcesonindustry-standardx86servers,andusessoftwaretoabstractandpoolclusterresourceswithunifiedmanagementsoftware.
Ittransformsdatacentersbyincreasingagility,future-proofinginfrastructureandreducingcosts.
WithHCI,youcanincreasebusinessagilitywithautomation,greatlyreducingtheneedformanualinterventionforcommontasks,monitoring,troubleshootingandmore.
Convergeteamstoeliminatesilosandacceleratedecision-making.
Youcanalsoincreasetheperformanceofbusiness-criticalapplicationsbecauseHCIsupportsthelateststoragetechnologies.
HCIfuture-proofsyourinfrastructureinvestments.
Providingacommonoperationalmodelformanagingcomputeandstoragebyabstractingtheunderlyinginfrastructure,HCIcanextendbeyondthecoredatacentertotheedgeandthepubliccloud.
ItscapabilitiesmakeHCItheidealplatformformanagingtraditionalvirtualmachines(VMs)andnext-generationapplicationdeployments.
Leveragingindustry-standardx86serversforcomputeandstorage,HCIreducescostsbyavoidingexpensive,purpose-builtstorageandstoragenetworkinginvestments.
AsHCIscaleslinearly,yourorganizationcanavoidlarge,upfrontpurchasesandscaleincrementallyasadditionalresourcesareneeded.
WhyVMwarevSANAcrossindustries,organizationslooktoITtohelpthemstaycompetitiveinaconstantlyevolvingmarketplace.
Tomeetgrowingbusinessneeds,ITneedstomovetowardacloudoperatingmodeltogainthespeed,agilityandcostadvantagesofthepubliccloudwithintheirdatacenter.
Thefirststepformanyorganizationsistoadopthyperconvergedinfrastructure,extendingthebenefitsofacloudoperationalmodeltostoragewhileusingexistingtoolsandprocesses.
HCIincreasesagility,future-proofsinfrastructureandlowersstoragecosts.
Theindustry-leadingHCIsoftwarestackfromVMwareconsistsofVMwarevSphereforcomputevirtualization,VMwarevSANforstorageintegratedwithvSphere,andVMwarevCenterforvirtualinfrastructuremanagement.
VMwareHCIisconfigurableandseamlesslyintegrateswithVMwareNSXtoprovidesecurenetworkvirtualizationand/orVMwarevRealizeSuiteforadvancedhybridcloudmanagementcapabilities.
HCIcanbeextendedtothepubliccloudasvSANhasnativeserviceswithsixofthetopcloudproviders:Amazon,Microsoft,Google,IBM,AlibabaandOracle.
vSANenablesyoutoprimeyourbusinessforgrowththrough:Seamlessevolution–vSANisintegratedwithvSphereandrequiresnonewtools.
Industry-leadingflexibility–ThevSANecosystemempowersyoutorunHCIoncertifiedsolutionswithyourpreferredvendor.
Multi-cloudcapabilities–vSANprovidesyouwithconsistentoperationsfromedgetocoretocloud,withintrinsicsecuritythroughout.
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ManagedbyvCentervSpherevSANvSANSharedStorageSSDSSDSSDSSDSSDSSDvmvmvmvmvmDATASHEET|2VMwarevSANSeamlessevolutionSeamlesslyevolvetoHCIwiththeonlystorageintegratedwithvSpherethatalsointegrateswithyouroverallVMwareenvironment.
vSANsimplifiesyourinfrastructuremodernizationbyleveragingexistingtools,skillsetsandsoftwaresolutions.
Withnativeservicestoleadingpubliccloudproviders,vSANfurthersimplifiestheextensionfromonpremisestothepubliccloud.
Extendvirtualizationbeyondcomputeandstoragewithintegrated,hypervisor-basednetworkingvirtualizationandadvancedmanagementcapabilities.
ProtectcurrentstorageinfrastructureinvestmentswiththeonlyHCIsolutionbuiltonpolicy-basedmanagementthatextendsper-VMpoliciesandautomatedprovisioningtomodernSANandNASsystems.
BroadestflexibilityvSANhasthelargestHCIecosystemandworkswithyourexistingservervendor.
vSANhasmorethan500jointlycertifiedserverswithover15serverOEMs,aswellasajointlyengineeredturnkeyappliance,DellEMCVxRail.
vSANprovidesinvestmentprotectionbysupportingtraditionalandnext-generationstoragetechnologies,suchasNVMe.
vSANisacriticalcomponentofVMwareCloudFoundation,anintegratedinfrastructurecontrolplanefromedgetodatacentertopubliccloud.
Multi-cloudreadyvSANisanintegralcomponentofVMwareCloudFoundation,whichenablesconsistentprocessesinatruehybridcloudarchitecture—noapplicationreplatformingrequired.
Adminscanusethesametoolsandprocessesusedonpremisestoeliminatetrainingrequirementsandsiloedteams,andexpeditetimetovalue.
TheleadingcloudprovidernetworkforvSANprovidesaccesstohundredsofpublicclouds,soyoucanbuildahybridcloudwithavendorthatmeetsyourspecificneeds.
IntrinsicsecurityencryptsdataatrestandatmotionwithaFIPS140-2validatedencryptionmodule,whichmeetsstringentU.
S.
federalgovernmentrequirements.
KeyfeaturesandcapabilitiesTightlyintegratedwithvSphere–vSANisintegratedwithvSphere,optimizingthedataI/OpathtoprovidethehighestlevelsofperformancewithminimalimpactonCPUandmemory.
VM-centricpolicy-basedmanagement–vSANispartofthelargerVMwareCloudFoundationstackthatuniquelydeliversconsistent,VM-centricoperationsthroughpolicy-basedmanagement.
Usingsimplepolicies,commontasksareautomatedandstorageresourcesarebalancedtoreducemanagementtimeandoptimizeHCIefficiency.
Unifiedmanagement–vSANnativelyintegrateswiththeVMwareCloudFoundationstack,removingtheneedfortrainingandoperatingspecializedstorageinterfaces.
vSANusesamodernHTML5-basedwebclient.
VMwarevRealizeOperationswithinvCenterenablesrapidvisibilityintoavSANdeploymentwithbroadmonitoringanddeepanalytics,allfromvCenter.
Flashoptimized–vSANminimizesstoragelatencywithbuilt-incachingonserver-sideflashdevices,deliveringupto50percentmoreIOPSthanpreviouslypossible.
vSANall-flashcanbedeployedforlessthan$1perGBofusablecapacity—morethan50percentlessthanthecostofcompetinghybridhyperconvergedsolutions.
Granular,nondisruptivescale-uporscale-out–Nondisruptivelyexpandcapacityandperformancebyaddinghoststoacluster(scale-out)orjustgrowcapacitybyaddingdiskstoahost(scale-up).
KEYBENEFITSSeamlessevolution–Extendvirtualizationtostoragewithasecure,integratedhyperconvergedsolutionthatsimplyworkswithyourVMwareenvironment:–Isintegratedwithyourhypervisorandleadingpublicclouds–Useexistingtoolsforcomputeandstorage–ProtectandoptimizecurrentinvestmentsLeadingflexibility–Deploysoftware-definedinfrastructureacrossyourdatacenterwiththeindustry'slargestHCIecosystem:–Extendtofull-stackHCIandbuildadigitalfoundation–Usecertifiedsolutionswithyourpreferredvendor–Unifyresourcesunderpolicy-basedmanagementMulti-cloudready–Evolvetoacommoncontrolplane,fromyourcoredatacentertopubliccloudandtheedge,builtonHCI:–Consistentoperationsacrossyourenvironment–Intrinsicsecurityfordataatrestandinflight–HundredsofpubliccloudprovidersDATASHEET|3VMwarevSANVMwareHCIMesh–VMwareHCIMeshisaunique,software-basedapproachfordisaggregationofcomputeandstorageresources.
ItbringstogethermultipleindependentvSANclustersforanative,cross-clusterarchitecturethatdisaggregatesresourcesandenablesutilizationofcapacityacrossclusters.
VMwareHCIMeshrequiresnospecializedhardware.
UseanyReadyNodetosharecapacity.
VMwareHCIMeshisscalableandcansupportupto64hostsacrossclustersinamesh.
Aclientclustercanmountuptofiveremotedatastores.
Deduplicationandcompression–Software-baseddeduplicationandcompressionoptimizesall-flashstoragecapacity,providingasmuchas7xdatareductionwithminimalCPUandmemoryoverhead.
Younowhavetheoptiontoturnononlycompressionforthoseenvironmentswherespaceefficiencymustbebalancedwithperformancerequirements.
Thecompression-onlyoptionreducesthefailuredomainfromthediskgrouptoanindividualdisk.
Erasurecoding–Increaseusablestoragecapacitybyupto100percentwhilekeepingdataresiliencyunchanged.
Itiscapableoftoleratingoneortwofailureswithsingleparityordoubleparityprotection.
vSANEncryption–NativetovSAN,vSANEncryptionprovidesdata-at-restanddata-in-transitsecurityattheclusterlevelandsupportsallvSANfeatures,includingspaceefficiencyfeaturessuchasdeduplicationandcompression.
Data-in-transitencryptiondeliversover-the-wireencryptionfordatabetweenvSANnodes.
Enabledwithafewclicks,vSANEncryptionisbuiltforcompliancerequirementsandofferssimplekeymanagementwithsupportforallKMIPcompliantkeymanagers,suchasCloudLink,Hytrust,SafeNet,ThalesandVormetric.
Unlikedata-at-restencryption,data-in-transitencryptionwillmanagekeysinternally;nokeymanagementsystemrequired.
vSANEncryptionisFIPS140-2validated,meetingstringentU.
S.
federalgovernmentstandards.
Stretchedclusterswithlocalprotection–Createarobuststretchedclusterwithsiteandlocalprotectionbetweentwogeographicallyseparatesites,synchronouslyreplicatingdatabetweensites.
Itenablesenterprise-levelavailabilitywhereanentiresitefailurecanbetoleratedaswellaslocalcomponentfailures,withnodatalossandnearzerodowntime.
Userscansetgranularprotectiononaper-VMbasisandnondisruptivelychangepolicies—allfor50percentlowercoststhantheleadingtraditionalsolution.
Integratedfileservices–Easilyprovisionafilesharewithasingleworkflow,andusevSANasaunifiedstoragecontrolplaneforbothblockandfilestorage.
vSANfileservicesintegrateActiveDirectoryandsupportKerberosnetworkauthentication.
vSANalsosupportsfileservicesforcloudnativeapplicationsorchestratedbyKubernetes.
vSANsupportsthemostcommonprotocols:NFSv4.
1andv3,andSMBv3andv2.
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Qualityofservice(QoS)–AvailableinalleditionsofvSAN,QoScontrols,limitsandmonitorstheIOPSconsumedbyspecificVMs,eliminatingnoisyneighborissues.
VMwareSkylineHealth–Thisprovidesintegratedhardwarecompatibilitychecks,performancemonitoring,storagecapacityreportinganddiagnosticsdirectlyfromVMwarevCenterServer.
iSCSIaccess–NewtovSAN6.
7,vSANcannowsupportWindowsServerFailoverCluster(WSFC)technology,reducingdatacentersilosbymanagingmorebusiness-criticalapplicationsthroughasingleHCIsolution.
vSANstoragecanbepresentedasaniSCSItargetforphysicalworkloads.
AllcorefunctionalitycontinuestobeavailableandmanagedthroughvCenter.
DATASHEET|4VMwarevSANvSANSupportInsight–ThishelpskeepvSANrunninginanoptimalstate,savingmonitoringandtroubleshootingtime,byprovidingreal-timesupportnotificationsandactionablerecommendations.
Theanalyticstoolcanalsooptimizeperformanceforcertainscenarioswithrecommendedsettings.
Two-nodedirectconnect–Saveupto20percentpersitebyeliminatingtheneedforanyswitchesbetweenserversinatwo-nodedeployment.
Usecrossovercablestosimplyandreliablyconnecttheserversdirectly.
Full-featuredPowerCLI–vSANprovidestheeaseandscalabilityofenterprise-classautomationwithasetoffull-featuredPowerCLIcmdlets.
NewSDKandAPIupdatesenablemoreenterprise-classautomationbysupportingRESTAPIs.
Built-infailuretoleranceandadvancedavailability–vSANleveragesdistributedRAIDandcachemirroringtoensurethatdataisneverlostifadisk,host,networkorrackfails.
ItseamlesslysupportsvSphereavailabilityfeatures,suchasvSphereFaultToleranceandvSphereHighAvailability.
vSphereReplicationforvSANprovidesasynchronousVMreplicationwithrecoverypointobjectives(RPOs)ofuptofiveminutes.
Newalways-onfeaturesdeliverahighlyavailablemanagementstack,independentofvCenter,andintelligentrebuildsacceleraterecovery.
Cloudnativestorage–Containersrequireamodernstorageinfrastructureapproach:Storageneedstobepolicydrivenforscalability,portableacrosscloudstofollowthecontainer,andoperationallyconsistentforefficiency.
Withcloudnativestorage,developersseamlesslyconsumestorage.
vSANcloudnativestoragesupportsallkeystorageAPIobjectswithinKubernetes.
Withminimaleffort,developerscanchooseapolicy-drivenstorageclassfortheirpodsandautomaticallymountthevolume.
vSANsupportsblockandthemostcommonfileprotocols—includingNFSv4.
1andv3,andSMBv3and2.
1—poweringbothblock-centricandfile-centricmicroservice-basedapplications.
vSANhasnativeserviceswithsixofthelargestpubliccloudproviders.
vSANprovidesadminswithaunifiedmanagementplaneforbothVM-andcontainer-basedworkloads.
Withgranularvisibilityintocontainervolumes,adminscanquicklyandeasilycontrolandmonitorhealthandcomplianceinformationpervolume.
Adminscanalsorapidlytroubleshootandremediateactivities;thisfastersupporthelpsDevOpsteamsimplementcontainer-basedappsevenfaster.
vSANDataPersistenceplatform–ThisfeatureaddressesmodernappchallengesbybuildingapplicationawarenessintostorageandintegratingitintotheKubernetescontrolplaneinvSpherewithVMwareTanzu.
VMwarevSANDirectConfigurationprovidesanalternativeoptionformodernstatefulservicestointerfacedirectlywiththeunderlyingdirect-attachedstorageforoptimizedI/Oandstorageefficiency.
PlatformteamsandapplicationdevelopmentteamscannowleverageKubernetesAPIsanddevelopertoolstoprovisionandscalethesemodernstatefulservicesinaself-servicemodelwithminimaladminintervention.
IToperatorscaneasilydeployandmanagethesemodernstatefulservicesinvCenterwhilemaintainingenterprisegovernanceandsecurity.
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SystemrequirementsHardwarehost1GBNIC;10GBorlargerNICrecommendedSATA/SASHBAorRAIDcontrollerAtleastoneflashcachingdeviceandonepersistentstoragedisk(flashorHDD)foreachcapacity-contributingnodeClustersizeMin.
2hosts;max.
64hostsvSANReadyNodesandhardwarecompatibilitylistAvailableatvmware.
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SoftwareVMwarevSphere7.
0VMwarevSpherewithOperationsManagement6.
1(anyedition)VMwarevCloudSuite6.
0(anyeditionupdatedwith6.
5)VMwarevCenterServer7.
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