Product overview
VMware vSAN 8 is a storage virtualization platform for VMware environments. It enables software-defined storage for hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and hybrid cloud deployments by integrating storage management with VMware vSphere.
Product characteristics
The platform is designed to simplify storage management while supporting scalable virtualized infrastructure.
- Enterprise storage virtualization software for VMware environments.
- Supports hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) deployments.
- Integrates with VMware vSphere for unified management of compute and storage resources.
- Supports flexible scaling of compute and storage based on workload requirements.
- Designed to reduce storage complexity through software-defined storage.
- Supports virtual machine and container-based workloads through integration with VMware Tanzu.
- Compatible with industry-standard server hardware.
- Supports VMware HCI Mesh for scalable compute and storage resources.
- Provides automation features to simplify infrastructure deployment and management.
- Supports deployment in on-premises environments and hybrid cloud infrastructures.