Storage Virtualization Software vSAN
Reduce storage cost and complexity with VMware vSAN, enterprise-class storage virtualization software that provides the easiest path to HCI and hybrid cloud.
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Using your current VMware tools, extend virtualization to storage with our secure hyperconverged solution – built to integrate with your hypervisor and leading public cloud providers.
Enhance IT productivity with centralized visibility and alerts for your vSAN infrastructure from a single cloud console, and manage virtual machine and container-based applications seamlessly with VMware Tanzu integration.
Get better price per performance using the latest storage technology on industry-standard servers.
Optimize performance of next-generation storage devices with vSAN Express Storage Architecture™, while protecting your investment in existing tools and processes.
Boost performance on next-generation devices by up to 4x, without compromising space efficiency.
Lower storage TCO by up to 40% with enhanced data compression and adaptive storage efficiencies.
Boost availability and meet higher SLA requirements through a new storage pool construct.
Enjoy a consistent, intuitive management experience across all vSAN deployments and architectures.
Scale compute and storage to meet your application needs efficiently and flexibly with VMware HCI Mesh.
Roll out new infrastructure and applications easily, with minimal training.
Get the self-service capabilities developers need to create apps at scale, plus the governance IT admins need to manage VMs and containers.
Pay-as-you-grow subscription options help you simplify and manage costs.
Shrink infrastructure maintenance windows with one-click updates.
Track global inventory, centrally provision VMs, and view alerts from a single cloud management console.
Achieve high performance for your most vital apps—up to 150k IOPS per node. Expedite deployment with highly automated processes and reduce storage costs compared to legacy storage solutions.
Improve your user experience, and get superior desktop and app performance at scale, with resources that precisely match your growth requirements.
Boost local IT performance by managing it from your data center. Start with a small physical footprint of just two nodes and expand as needed. Control costs with flexible licensing models.
Lower DR costs by using HCI servers instead of purpose-built storage arrays. Manage your DR site easily from your data center. Orchestrate and automate recovery by combining vSAN with VMware Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication.
Run, monitor and manage storage for containers and virtual machines on the same platform. Cloud-native storage in vSphere and vSAN provides comprehensive data management for both stateless and stateful applications.
As an IT manager of an SMB … we were looking for a user-friendly solution that is easy to manage. That’s why we choose VMware vSAN.
With vSAN we now have consistent architecture and operations to transition to a multi-cloud environment in the future.
Deploying vSphere and vSAN got rid of the legacy three-tier architecture. We can now adopt a simplified hyperconverged scalable architecture, which helped us reduce TCO.
Here’s how customers use vSAN to simplify data center operations and lower CapEx.
Learn how vSAN reduces total cost of ownership by more than 45% with capital and operational savings.
Take a deep dive into vSAN: View reference architectures, design guides, operations guides and other insider insights.
Learn how vSAN Express Storage Architecture optimizes performance and space efficiency of your next-generation storage devices.
Server virtualization software
Full-stack network and security virtualization
Portfolio of products for hybrid cloud management
Hybrid cloud platform
Best suited for hybrid environments with per-VM storage policies
Standard Edition plus all-flash space efficiency features
Advanced Edition plus software-defined, data-at-rest encryption and stretched clusters
Advanced management for performance optimization and efficient capacity management to transform data centers into a simple, unified cloud operating system
Our premier HCI offering, with cloud-connected services that centralize management and enhance efficiency
vSAN benefits include:
A vSAN cluster needs at least two physical hosts, with dedicated local storage devices and shared witness. For more information, see VMware Compatibility Guide for Systems/Servers and VMware Compatibility Guide for vSAN.
vSAN is integrated with the VMware vSphere Hypervisor: unlike other solutions, there’s no need to install additional software or deploy storage controller virtual appliances to every host in the cluster. To configure and manage a vSAN cluster, only vCenter Server is required.
Yes, vSphere can access and use traditional datastores with vSAN and vSphere Virtual Volumes. In most cases, vSphere Storage vMotion can be used to migrate VMs between these datastore types. This makes it easy to migrate existing workloads when performing maintenance or retiring a storage solution.
To evaluate an existing environment for migration to vSAN, request a free HCI assessment. This data can be used with the vSAN ReadyNode Sizer to determine suitable vSAN ReadyNode server configurations.
You can increase storage capacity in a couple of ways: scale out your clusters by adding nodes, or scale up existing nodes by adding capacity. Cluster Quickstart makes it easy to add compute and storage capacity to a vSAN cluster.
There are four vSAN deployment options: a jointly engineered turnkey system, Global Partner Appliances, vSAN ReadyNodes, and as a service with cloud providers. See vSAN deployment options for more information.
For detailed guidance on enabling vSAN, see vSAN documentation.
For step-by-step instructions on configuring a vSAN cluster, see vSAN documentation.
vSAN ReadyNodes are x86 servers that have been pre-configured, tested and certified for VMware HCI software. Each ReadyNode is optimally configured for vSAN with the required amount of CPU, memory, network, I/O controllers and storage. For more information, see vSAN ReadyNodes.
vSAN+ is the premier HCI offering, delivering the cloud connected services IT to centralize management and enhance efficiency. vSAN+ is offered as a subscription.
Yes, subject to standard market restrictions due to export controls and/or sanctions.
vSAN Express Storage Architecture is an optional next-generation architecture built into vSAN to deliver the highest levels of performance and efficiency from your NVMe storage devices.