VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) is a hypervisor-converged storage solution for your vSphere environment. It was built to be extremely easy to use and administrator, high performance and expandable. In this post I will go over the requirements and how to prepare your environment for VSAN.
vBoring VSAN Series:
- VMware Virtual SAN 6 – Requirements [Part 1]
- VMware Virtual SAN 6 – Setup and Configuration [Part 2]
VSAN Requirements:
Here are the minimum requirements to build out a VSAN environment.
Refer to VMware KB article 2106708 for an in depth breakdown of all requirements.
- Minimum of 3 ESXi 6.0 host that contribute storage
- At least one SSD and one Hard Disk per host
- Hosts need I/O controller supporting Pass Through or RAID 0 (prefer them to be on the VSAN Hardware Compatibility List)
- VMkernel port configured for VSAN traffic
- 1 GB network for small test/lab environment (VMware recommends 10GB)
- If you are deploying VSAN in your test/dev/lab and the 60 day evaluation period isn’t enough check out the VMUG Advantage subscription for a 1 year license.
