Storage is an integral part of any infrastructure. It is used to store the files backing your virtual machines. There are different types of storage that can be incorporated into a vSphere infrastructure, and these types are determined based on a variety of factors, such as the type of disks used, the type of storage protocol used, and the type of connectivity used. The most common way to refer to a type of storage presented to a VMware environment is based on the protocol used and the connection type.
VMware supports the following types of storage based on the protocol and connection type in use:
- Fiber Channel (FC) storage: This connects over the FC SAN fabric network. It uses the FC protocol to encapsulate the SCSI commands. ...
