Today at VMware Partner Exchange 2014,VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, announced broad partner ecosystem support for
VMware Virtual SAN, VMware's first Software-Defined Storage product.
Currently available in public beta, VMware Virtual SAN will
be certified with hardware servers and devices from Cisco, Dell, EMC,
Fusion-io, HGST, a Western Digital company, HP, IBM, Intel, LSI, Samsung
Electronics, SanDisk and Seagate at general availability -- providing
customers with a wide range of options on which to run VMware Virtual
SAN. VMware Virtual SAN is expected to be generally available in Q1
2014.
"VMware Virtual SAN™ has received an enthusiastic response
from the VMware community during its public beta -- easily one of the
most successful public beta programs at VMware to date with more than
10,000 registered participants," said John Gilmartin, vice president and
general manager, SDDC Suite Business Unit, VMware. "That enthusiasm
extends to the broad support from our hardware and storage partner
ecosystem. Their commitment to certifying their hardware and storage
devices with VMware Virtual SAN will offer our joint customers extensive
choice and flexibility for jump-starting their software-defined storage
initiatives."
VMware Virtual SAN -- Delivering a New Tier of Storage
Unveiled at VMworld® 2013 San Francisco, VMware Virtual
SAN provides a new tier of hypervisor-converged storage. VMware Virtual
SAN pools hardware resources provided by industry-standard x86 servers
with internal magnetic disks and server-side flash to produce fast and
resilient shared storage for virtual machines (VMs). VMware Virtual SAN
simplifies storage administration due to its unique management approach
based on VM-centric policies and built-in automation. A key building
block of the VMware software-defined storage vision, VMware Virtual SAN
enables the delivery of storage functionality as software built into the
VMware vSphere® kernel.
With VMware Virtual SAN, VMware will provide customers with
two options for deployment: VMware Virtual SAN Ready Nodes, and a
component-based hardware compatibility list. VMware Virtual SAN Ready
Nodes will provide a set of pre-configured servers that can be used with
VMware Virtual SAN to simplify configuration and procurement. The
hardware compatibility list will feature supported Flash devices, Hard
Disk Drives (HDDs), I/O controllers and Solid State Storage providing
customers with the flexibility to select the servers and components that
best suit their needs.
At general availability, it is expected that more than 150
components as well as 10 Ready Nodes will be certified with VMware
Virtual SAN. Additional components are expected to be certified with
VMware Virtual SAN over time.
The VMware Compatibility Guide for VMware Virtual SAN is available at: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/wizard/request.php?deviceCategory=vsan
Pricing and Availability
Available in public beta since September 2013, VMware
Virtual SAN is expected to become generally available in Q1 2014.
Pricing will be announced at general availability.
Customers, partners and prospects interested in downloading and testing VMware Virtual SAN can register for the public beta at: http://www.vsanbeta.com