VSAN
NVMe™ SSDs – a Good Choice for VMware vSAN®?
Can the combination of NVMe SSDs and VMware vSAN provide the performance and cost efficiency IT needs to deliver a competitive advantage? With VMworld around the corner, we invited the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) to test our latest vSAN configuration- here is what they found out. Organizations are embracing digital transformation, but the journey has […]
August 17, 2018 • 5 min read Data
Great Things Come in Threes at VMworld 2017
From modernizing the data center to digital transformation and integrating the cloud, great things come in threes at VMworld 2017! Here's what you should get excited about in HGST booth #525.
August 18, 2017 • 7 min read Data
Better Performance: VMware®’s Suggestions for Identifying Proper Workload Configuration on vSAN Performance Testbed
A more in-depth look at the HCIBench configuration used in the initial baseline and VMware’s suggested methodology to identify a sweet spot, which helped to achieve 600,000+ IOPS
August 4, 2017 • 8 min read Data
Configuring Western Digital’s vSAN Performance Testbed
From post-install tasks through networking configuration and vSAN cluster setup, this blog takes you step by step in configuring Western Digital’s vSAN performance testbed.
July 12, 2017 • 7 min read Data
Inside Western Digital’s vSAN Performance Testbed
From design considerations to performance best practices, the vSAN Performance Testbed from Western Digital’s Data Propulsion Labs pushes vSAN over 600k IOPs and brings definitive data to vSAN administrators and ReadyNode design teams.
July 6, 2017 • 6 min read Data
Where Your Data Center Needs to be_Tomorrow (Part II)
At VMworld in Barcelona, Western Digital will be announcing two new SSD certifications for high performance caching using Virtual SAN™. Learn how flash is enabling the VMware Cloud Foundation.
October 17, 2016 • 5 min read Data
VMware® Whiz? Take Our Virtual SAN Quiz!
It’s no secret that we’re excited about Virtual SAN. We’ve been working with our partners and VMware to deliver certified all-flash and hybrid Virtual SAN Ready Nodes that have proven reference architectures for business critical applications like virtualized Microsoft® SQL Server® 2016 running on all-flash Virtual SAN. VMworld will be a great place to hear […]
August 25, 2016 • 1 min read Data
Where Your Software-Defined Data Center Needs to be_TOMORROW
be_REAL. be_INTEGRATED. be_STRETCHY. Three ways to transform your data center in readiness for tomorrow using hyperconverged infrastructure at the speed of flash.
August 25, 2016 • 6 min read Data
38 Million NOPM! Business Critical Performance on VMware All-Flash Virtual SAN
James Carpignano shares exciting new testing results we've achieved with our partners at HPE using VMware All-Flash VSAN with virtualized Microsoft® SQL Server 2016.
June 9, 2016 • 4 min read Data
All-Flash Versus Hybrid VMware Virtual SAN™: Performance vs. Price
How do databases and business critical applications compare on all-flash versus hybrid VMware Virtual SAN? We worked jointly with ESG to compare the performance and cost impact.
April 25, 2016 • 6 min read Data