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The Complete VMware vSphere Guide
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The Complete VMware vSphere Guide

by Mike Brown, Hersey Cartwright, Martin Gavanda, Andrea Mauro, Karel Novak, Paolo Valsecchi
November 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
768 pages
32h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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How it works…

VSAN presents shared storage to ESXi hosts across a vSphere Cluster. Each host providing storage to the VSAN cluster requires the following:

  • Solid-State Disks (SSD) to provide performance
  • Hard Disk Drives (HDD) or SSDs to provide capacity
  • A disk controller
  • Network connectivity between hosts

As with all hardware in a vSphere environment, the hardware supporting VSAN must be verified on the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) located at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=vsan. Compatibility of the SSD, HDD, and disk controller, including the firmware, should all be validated on the HCL. Many server hardware vendors offer VSAN-ready nodes that have been preconfigured with supported hardware/firmware. ...

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