Product overview
This product provides VMware vSAN 8 for Tanzu. It is an enterprise storage virtualization solution designed for hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), hybrid cloud environments, and Kubernetes-based application management with VMware Tanzu.
Infrastructure capabilities
VMware vSAN provides integrated compute and storage management through hyperconverged infrastructure.
- Integration with VMware vSphere for managing compute and storage through a single platform.
- Extension of virtualization capabilities to storage through a secure hyperconverged solution.
- Integration with existing VMware tools, hypervisors, and public cloud environments.
- Support for deployment across OEM server providers and supported public cloud services.
- VMware HCI Mesh for flexible scaling of compute and storage resources.
VMware Tanzu integration
The product supports modern application environments using Kubernetes and container technologies.
- Support for managing multiple Kubernetes clusters through VMware Tanzu.
- Unified management of virtual machines and container-based applications.
- Developer self-service capabilities with governance controls for IT administrators.
Operational features
VMware vSAN includes tools for simplifying infrastructure management and deployment.
- Support for hybrid cloud environments.
- Storage virtualization using industry-standard server hardware.
- Simplified introduction of new infrastructures and applications.