Tag: vsan

SanDisk Showcases All-Flash VMware Virtual SAN 6 Architecture at VMware PEX 2015

SanDisk's new Virtual SAN 6 architecture leverages SanDisk Lightning® Gen. II 12Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SSDs and CloudSpeed SATA SSDs to provide the cache and persistent storage tiers required for highly-reliable, enterprise-class application performance.

SanDisk announced support for an all-flash VMware Virtual SAN 6 architecture for business-critical applications and databases. Deployed at entry-level as a 4-node cluster that can scale up to a total of 64 nodes, the new server design empowers vital enterprise business applications, such as database transaction processing and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) applications, to perform… Continue reading SanDisk Showcases All-Flash VMware Virtual SAN 6 Architecture at VMware PEX 2015

Introducing VMware vSphere 6 – The Foundation for Hybrid Cloud

VMware, Inc. today announced VMware vSphere 6, the newest edition of the industry-defining virtualization solution for the hybrid cloud and foundation for the software-defined data center. With more than 650 new features and innovations, VMware vSphere 6 will provide customers with a highly available, resilient, on-demand cloud infrastructure to run, protect and manage any application.… Continue reading Introducing VMware vSphere 6 – The Foundation for Hybrid Cloud

vNEST: Home Lab Upgrade, enter the vSAN!

Dell C6105 Cloud Server

Ever since VMware introduced VSAN, I’ve been anxious to test it out, deploy it in my lab and see what it does and how it functions. Few months ago one of my Dell Poweredge 1950 GenIII server died so I was considering upgrading my home virtualization lab anyway… if you are like me, we just need… Continue reading vNEST: Home Lab Upgrade, enter the vSAN!