Designing for VMware VSAN
VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) is integrated into the ESXi hypervisor. VSAN virtualizes and aggregates the local direct-attached disks in ESXi hosts. This creates a single pool of storage resources from the local disks with each host, which is shared across all hosts in the VSAN cluster, as shown in the following illustration:
How to do it…
To use VSAN for storage in a vSphere virtual infrastructure design, follow these steps:
- Identify the hardware requirements to support VSAN.
- Verify that disks and controllers are on the VSAN Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).
- Size VSAN to support performance and availability.
- Enable VSAN on the ...
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