VMware vSAN (formerly Virtual SAN), is the industry-leading software powering Hyper-Converged Infrastructure solutions.
vSAN Product Overview
vSAN is the industry-leading software for HCI.
vSAN Enables You To
Evolve Without Risk
As the only native-vSphere storage, vSAN enables you to seamlessly extend virtualization to storage, creating a hyper-converged solution that simply works with your existing tools, skillsets, software solutions and hardware platforms. vSAN now further reduces risk with the first native HCI security solution, protecting data-at-rest while offering simple management and a hardware-agnostic solution. vSAN continues to offer the broadest set of deployment choices supported by the large, proven vSAN ReadyNode ecosystem of leading server vendors.
Reduce TCO
Faced with tight IT budgets, customers are turning to HCI powered by vSAN to lower total cost of ownership up to 50%. vSAN can dramatically reduce costs due to hardware choice, server-side economics, and affordable flash. Your operations become easier with fewer tasks and intelligent automation that can be managed through one tool and a unified team. The simplicity allows you to respond to business demands faster and more intelligently. New enhanced stretch clusters deliver site and local protection at half the cost of leading traditional solutions.
Scale to Tomorrow
Prepare for tomorrow’s dynamic business in the multi-cloud era, with a solution designed to utilize the latest storage and server technologies, while supporting a wide range of applications, from current business critical applications, to next-gen applications using containers. Enjoy a common storage platform for your applications, whether running on-premises or off-premises, and use it as a stepping stone to the cloud. When combined with NSX, a vSAN powered SDDC stack can extend on-premises storage and management services across different public clouds, ensuring a consistent experience.
SPOTLIGHT
Evaluating Data Locality
Is keeping data local really key to hyper-converged performance?
Storage & Availability Technical Resources
StorageHub is your home for vSAN, VVols, SRM and VR technical documents.
Free vSAN Assessment
Get a free analysis of your vSphere storage environment and see how you can benefit from vSAN.
Get Details NowCUSTOMERS
More than 8,000 customers have rapidly adopted VMware’s hyper-converged infrastructure software.
New College Durham
Watch how vSAN provides a cost effective storage solution for NCD.
Chambre des notaires du Québec
vSAN streamlines storage, accelerates performance for CNQ.
MORE CUSTOMER STORIES
Scores of customers worldwide across a variety of industries succeed with vSAN.
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Compare vSAN editions to find the best option for your VMware hyper-converged infrastructure, then choose the right hardware platform from the industry’s best HCI ecosystem. Try the vSAN TCO and Sizing Calculator and read the vSAN Licensing and Packaging White Paper.
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vSAN for Desktop
vSAN for Desktop licensing provides a different licensing option for VDI users. vSAN for Desktop is priced per concurrent user (CCU) in a VDI environment and sold in packs of 10 and 100 licenses. vSAN for Desktop is also included in the Horizon Advanced and Enterprise bundles which have the vSAN Advanced license.
vSAN for ROBO
vSAN for Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) is available for use at remote locations with low consolidation ratios. It is sold as 25-VM packs based on vSAN Standard or Advanced Editions. It is distributable across the different remote sites and is limited to a maximum of 25 virtual machines per site.
Choose the Right Hardware
We are the only vendor to partner with all leading x86 server OEMs to deliver an HCI solution with the broadest set of deployment choices, providing organizations maximum flexibility of hardware, software, licenses and support. Find the right hardware platform for your project with vSAN ReadyNode.
GETTING STARTED
vSAN is radically simple, enterprise-class software-defined storage powering VMware hyper-converged infrastructure. Get started by learning about vSAN at your own pace or learn with us. We offer a variety of ways to experience the benefits of hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and vSAN, from live webinars to self-paced on-demand courses.
Learn at Your Own Pace
- Virtual Blocks: Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Blog
Check out our blog for the latest news and technical insights about hyper-convergence, software-defined storage and many related topics. - vSAN Product Walkthrough
View a technically-oriented introductory video on the capabilities of vSAN and what it can do for you. - Hands-on Lab Online
Test drive vSAN today with our on-demand Hands-on Lab. No installation required. - vSAN in Three Minutes Video Series
Watch three minute, bite-sized tutorials to get started with different concepts like disk management, snapshots, operations management, and more. - vSAN on YouTube
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Learn With Us
- vSAN Fundamentals Online
Take this self-paced 60 minute course to understand the key benefits, features, architecture and primary use cases of vSAN. - vSAN: Deploy and Manage Training
Take this three-day instructor led course on the features, functionality and on-going management and control of vSAN. Courses are also available in a live online format. - vSAN Courses from VMware Education
Our classes are available worldwide in eLearning, instructor-led or on-demand formats. - Request a vSAN Assessment
Validate vSAN’s benefits to your organization through hardware guidance, sizing recommendations and a TCO analysis specific to your environment in as little as seven days. - vSAN Documentation
vSAN's technical manuals, release notes, tools and libraries. - Contact a vSAN Sales Professional
RESOURCES
Technical and business resources for vSAN help you at every stage, from evaluation to optimization. For additional storage and availability technical documents, visit StorageHub.
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Deployment Use Cases: Reference Architectures
- Microsoft Exchange (Exchange 2013 on vSAN 6.1 Hybrid)
- Microsoft SQL Server (SQL Server 2014 on vSAN 6.1 Hybrid)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2014 on VMware vSAN 6.2 All - Flash
- Oracle Database 12c on VMware vSAN 6.2 All-Flash
- Oracle RAC (Oracle 11gR2 RAC on vSAN 6.1 Hybrid)
- Pivotal Cloud Foundry on Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
- Running VMware vSAN Witness Appliance in VMware vCloud Air
- VMware Horizon 7 on VMware vSAN 6.2 All-Flash
- VMware Horizon View (Horizon View 6.0.2 on vSAN 6.0 Hybrid)
- VMware vSAN 6.2 for Remote Office and Branch Office Deployment
- Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.12 on VMware vSAN 6.5 All-Flash