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Category: vSAN

HCIBench – Speedtest for VMware vSAN storage
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HCIBench – Speedtest for VMware vSAN storage

If you work with VMware vSAN and are looking for a benchmarking tool for your vSAN datastore, the HCIbench tool is the de facto standard for testing out your vSAN…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 9, 2023December 18, 2023
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Configure vSAN 8 Express Storage Architecture ESA

The new VMware vSAN 8 Express Storage Architecture is one of the most revolutionary advancements in vSAN technology since vSAN 6.2 came along. The new vSAN Express Storage architecture ESA…

by Brandon LeeOctober 24, 2022September 25, 2024
vSAN 8 Original Storage Architecture vs Express Storage Architecture differences
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vSAN 8 Original Storage Architecture vs Express Storage Architecture differences

VMware vSAN 8 is revolutionary on many fronts and represents the most modern and technilogically advanced vSAN to date for running producton critical workloads. One of the new advancements with…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 23, 2022September 23, 2022
VMware vSAN 8 – What’s New? Technical Deep Dive
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VMware vSAN 8 – What’s New? Technical Deep Dive

VMware vSAN represents one of the most significant improvements of VMware vSAN since it was introduced in 2014. The industry has evolved in storage and across the board from a…

by Brandon LeeAugust 30, 2022December 18, 2023
VMware vSAN Direct configuration and requirements
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VMware vSAN Direct configuration and requirements

VMware continues to evolve the VMware vSAN solution, giving organizations even more storage options with their VMware vSAN configurations in a vSAN cluster. One of those options is the VMware…

by Brandon LeeAugust 19, 2022December 18, 2023
vSAN Witness Appliance Deployment
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vSAN Witness Appliance Deployment

One of the powerful deployments of VMware vSAN is the vSAN stretched cluster configuration. With vSAN stretched cluster, the vSAN data nodes have a vSAN stretched cluster datastore between them,…

by Brandon LeeAugust 17, 2022November 22, 2023
vSAN File Share with vSAN File Service Configuration and Setup
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vSAN File Share with vSAN File Service Configuration and Setup

I am a huge fan of VMware vSAN. It is a rock-solid solution to run mission-critical workloads. I also use it to power my VMware home lab. However, one of…

by Brandon LeeApril 5, 2022April 17, 2024
Change IP ESXi for vSAN host with VDS
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Change IP ESXi for vSAN host with VDS

I am doing a bit of network redesign in the home lab (a new post to come on that soon), for better manageability and security practices. With that being said,…

by Brandon LeeDecember 6, 2021March 27, 2024
vSAN Stretched Cluster Enhancements in vSAN 7.0 Update 3 – Simulating Failure!
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vSAN Stretched Cluster Enhancements in vSAN 7.0 Update 3 – Simulating Failure!

One of the really nice enhancements of the newest version of vSAN, found in vSphere 7.0 Update 3, has to do with vSAN stretched clusters. VMware vSAN stretched clusters are…

by Brandon LeeNovember 3, 2021April 16, 2024
VMware vSAN 7 Update 3 New Features
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VMware vSAN 7 Update 3 New Features

With the release of VMware vSphere 7 Update 3, this also means there is a new version of vSAN as well. VMware vSAN has been trailblazing in the world of…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 30, 2021March 18, 2024

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