{"id":333,"date":"2019-03-18T20:35:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T19:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vmware.nicolas-frey.de\/blog\/?p=333"},"modified":"2019-03-18T20:39:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T19:39:24","slug":"vmware-vsan-series-key-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vmware.nicolas-frey.de\/blog\/vsan\/vmware-vsan-series-key-features\/","title":{"rendered":"VMWare vSAN Series – Key Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

In reference to my prior article\u00a0vSAN – High Available Solution<\/a>\u00a0this article will give a glimpse overview of what is possibe with vSAN.<\/p>\n

My favorite features:<\/em><\/h3>\n

Easy to install and manage. this kernel based solution requires that you have a vSphere environment already in place. Or you go the greenfield approach.<\/em><\/p>\n

Scaleability – assign\/remove single disks to\/from diskgroups – go up to 64 hosts \/ cluster.<\/em><\/p>\n

SPBM (Storage Policy Based Management) in place has a rich set of options assigneable to indiviual sets of VMs. Defines a redundancy with up to n+3. Furthermore, on top of it a strechted cluster is possible. A configurable IOPs limit keeps away the noisy neighbor.<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition, Performance – literally – allflash comes with the smallest license.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Compression\/Deduplication\/Encryption is sometimes required and can be activated on vSAN datastore layer.<\/em><\/p>\n

NVME – the super fast PCIe based technology is supported. Therefore simply use this kind of SSD for Read\/Write caching.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Moreover, utilize x86 standard any vendor server hardware, no complex SAN is required for high availability. Compute, Storage and even Network … all in the box.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Small=Big – start with an allflash two node direct design. No expensive 10Gbit+ switches have to be attached.<\/em><\/p>\n

Certainly, integrates in Multicloud and Automation – AWS features the vSphere stack.<\/em><\/p>\n

In conclusion, this architecture is the answer to various kinds of requirements like availability, performance, manageability, security, recoverability, compliance. However well it depends.<\/p>\n

I appreciate your top feature in the comments!<\/p>\n

Next:<\/h3>\n

Subsequently, I will write about the “long walk” again. Attendance Mammutmarsch\u00a0 Berlin – 25.05.2019, 24h – 100km, confirmed.<\/p>\n

After one pass and one fail (Mammutmarsch\/Megamarsch Munich) the sails have been\u00a0 set for another exhausting “why in the hell do I do it again” event xD.<\/p>\n

I Wish you all the best!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In reference to my prior article\u00a0vSAN – High Available Solution\u00a0this article will give a glimpse overview of what is possibe with vSAN. My favorite features: Easy to install and manage. this kernel based solution requires that you have a vSphere environment already in place. Or you go the greenfield approach. Scaleability – assign\/remove single disks … <\/p>\n

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