VMware vSAN Reviews

The valuable features are:

• Easily provided storage
• Easy setup
• No need to be a “storage engineer”
• No need to have FC switches

It is less costly than typical storage and faster to set up than a typical SAN. It does not require “storage competency.”

During some intensive I/O workloads, and on a configuration that had SSDs sub-sized, we reached the limit of the system. When our SSDs became full (due to having too much I/O to manage), performance went down.

We have been using this solution since March, 2015.

There have been no stability issues.

I have never asked anything from technical support. It’s handled by VMware.

The setup is really easy and straightforward. vSAN is built in vSphere, and you have a dashboard to manage the system.

The pricing and licensing models are quite simple. Be careful with the sizing of the SSDs.

Be careful with the sizing of the SSDs, as they’re a big part of the infrastructure. Don’t hesitate to go to 10Gb for the network, even if it can work with 1Gb.

We use the solution for data storage virtualization.

The solution is easy to use.

In a future release, they can bring in the object storage capabilities to this solution. Currently, there is not any compatibility.

I have been using this solution for a couple of years.

I have found the solution to be stable.

Technical support could be better for this solution, the response time is too slow.

The initial setup is easy but the deployment can take some time, approximately six hours.

We did the implementation of the solution and we do not need many technicians for the implementation.

I would like to use more advanced models of the solution but the price needs to be reduced. There are some extra costs for this solution including a license.

I rate VMware vSAN a nine out of ten.

vMotion and the Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) load-balancing resources are the most valuable features.

We can manage capacity and performance in linear fashion.

We get better performance with a better cost efficiency.

The management of vSAN (dashboard, alerts, monitoring) has a significant amount of growth potential.

No issues encountered.

The stability is dependent on how we scale and stabilize I/O across the host(s). We have encountered issues, but have worked through them.

There are no issues because it is linear.

Prior to VSAN, we used SAN Storage, and we switched because we needed a more cost-effective solution for our cloud environment, coupled with easy scalability. Currently, SAN Storage has risks and bottlenecks, due to having only two storage processors which are not enough to handle our needs.

It was straightforward.

We implemented in-house.

• NetApp
• Nutanix

Make sure you size correctly when you do the initial implementation.

We are a solution provider and this is one of the products that we implement for our customers. Our clients are in different industries, including banking and finance, and utilities such as oil and gas.

I do not use this product personally. Rather, I sell it and my clients use it.

I generally sell vSAN on VxRail version 7.

The integration with other VMware products is good.

Improvements can be made with respect to scalability.

I have been working with VMware vSAN for five years.

This is a stable product.

The scalability of this solution can be improved a little bit.

The technical support is good. I would rate them a nine out of ten.

The initial setup is straightforward. People with existing knowledge in VMware technology will find it easy to set up because it's not a different platform than what they are used to.

My advice for anybody who is looking into implementing vSAN is that it's a good platform if you're working with VMware. My customers generally do not complain about vSAN. However, if they are interested in a Hyper-V or Nutanix environment then this is not a good solution.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

My primary use case of this solution is to combine old storage into logical volumes. You can create a VMS partition and deploy it among the host, which provides the best performance.

I've been using vSAN for almost three years.

The scalability is good - storage is expandable with no extra cost.

Setup is simple because the product is automatically installed once the license is activated.

The pricing is something of a concern.

I would say that if you need more storage-level performance, scalability, or security, you can definitely consider using this solution. I would rate this solution as nine out of ten.

I provide a workshop for VMware vSAN to the final customers. For example, in Chile, I installed the solution for a company called NG. I have customers in Colombia, Mexico, and Argentina. VMware vSAN is used as a storage solution.

Overall the solution is very good.

VMware vSAN could improve by having better integration with other vendors and the storage is limited, I prefer it to the traditional storage.

I have been using VMware vSAN for approximately 10 years.

The solution is stable.

VMware vSAN is scalable.

The installation is straightforward. I have developed an automatic script that can install the solution which has been very good for customers.

I do the implementation and maintenance of the solution. Additionally, I support those who are wanting to do the implementation.

This is a good solution.

I rate VMware vSAN a ten out of ten.

We use it for VDI.

It's supposed to provide low-cost for storage arrays to do VDI. We're on the fence with it. We're still looking at other solutions. We're not sold on it.

It has provided some value when it's working. Instead of hitting our production SAN array, it has its own array, storage-wise. It keeps workload off production.

It could be more robust. The latency is also an issue for us, and the reliability. I would like it to be faster and a little more flexible.

On a scale of one to ten I would give the stability a six.

Scalability should be pretty good, but we're not getting the performance we want out of it right now, so we're not going to scale it unless something changes.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward.

We have seen value in it but, since it's not performing the way we think it should. We're probably not going to move forward with it.

We went with it because of the cost. It's definitely cheaper than buying a storage array.

VMware was used to manage multiple servers in a DMZ for an eCormerce service (Coy). VMware made the server management, migration and backup/maintenance efficient.

The management of servers was easy from a central standpoint. The server rooms were less cluttered as servers were virtual and easy to manage.

The migration of servers feature makes server rack maintenance easy.

It is a memory intensive app, which should be improved. Also, the server files are larger than before.