Thick vs thin on vSAN, which one should you choose? Learn about the benefits of a thin vSAN policy and deployment best practices.

This document provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) regarding VMware vSAN. vSAN is enterprise-class storage for hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). Native to the VMware vSphere hypervisor, vSAN delivers flash-optimized, secure storage. It utilizes commodity x86 server components to lower costs versus traditional server and storage array architectures.

Seamless integration with vSphere and the VMware ecosystem makes it the ideal storage platform for business-critical applications, disaster recovery sites, remote office and branch office (ROBO) implementations, test and development environments, management clusters, security zones, and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Today, customers of all industries and sizes trust vSAN to run their most important applications.

VMware vSAN Design Guide. Now featuring vSAN 7 Update 1 recommendations.
Note, this guide was formerly known as the vSAN Design and sizing guide, but while some sizing aspects of design will be included, it is encouraged to use vSAN sizing tool for the most current and accurate sizing.

Internally someone asked this question, and at the Italian VMUG I had someone asking me the same question… What if I want to scale out, or scale-up, and need to add differently sized disks to my…