vSAN Insights | Sumble

What is vSAN?

vSAN is VMware's software-defined, enterprise-class storage solution for hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). It pools together direct-attached storage devices across a VMware vSphere cluster to create a distributed, shared data store. vSAN is commonly used to simplify storage management, reduce costs, and scale storage resources in virtualized environments.

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What other technologies are related to vSAN?

vSAN Competitor Technologies

PowerVault

Dell PowerVault is a traditional storage array that can be used as an alternative to vSAN for storing virtual machine data. It directly competes with vSAN in the storage market.

mentioned alongside vSAN in 48% (142) of relevant job posts

Alletra

HPE Alletra is a data storage solution that competes with vSAN by offering an alternative storage infrastructure for virtualized environments.

mentioned alongside vSAN in 42% (145) of relevant job posts

PowerStore

Dell PowerStore is a storage array that competes with vSAN by offering block and file storage services for virtualized and traditional workloads.

mentioned alongside vSAN in 25% (215) of relevant job posts

Software iSCSI

Software iSCSI initiators allow hosts to connect to external iSCSI storage arrays, providing an alternative to vSAN for storage.

mentioned alongside vSAN in 95% (55) of relevant job posts

vSAN Complementary Technologies

NSX

NSX provides network virtualization and security, which complements vSAN's storage virtualization by providing a complete SDDC solution.

mentioned alongside vSAN in 32% (2.4k) of relevant job posts

vCenter

vCenter Server is the central management platform for vSphere environments, including vSAN. It is essential for configuring and managing vSAN clusters.

mentioned alongside vSAN in 15% (2.5k) of relevant job posts

vSphere

vSAN is a feature of vSphere, tightly integrated into the hypervisor. vSphere provides the foundation upon which vSAN operates.

mentioned alongside vSAN in 12% (2.8k) of relevant job posts