VMware vSAN Usability, Reviews & Ratings 2022

VMware vSAN

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VSAN

January 31, 2022

We use vSAN for our virtual environment. We are currently running off of 6 servers. We are running multiple VMs off this setup. Our …

vSAN is by far the best hyper-converged storage solution

January 27, 2022

We have been using VMware Virtual SAN from the initial release and up to this day, we really like the performance, integration, and …

Journey with vSAN

November 28, 2021

We use vSAN for our production environment where we run the business-critical services: ERP, VDI, HRM, EMAIL, Active Directory, DNS other …

What to expect when deciding about vSAN

November 23, 2021

We have used vSAN to store our SQL databases. We have migrated them from an [all-flash] storage vendor and at the same time, we have …

VMware vSAN--one of the pillars of the HCI

June 30, 2021

Our company's infrastructure is fully built on top of VMware's EXSi/VSphere/NSX/VxRail stack, so VMware vSAN is part of this family. We …

It's not for anyone.

June 24, 2021

VMware vSAN is one of our storage tools and we use it for tier 2 storage. It is great in the scalability but not that great for high …

VMware vSAN and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX

May 08, 2021

vSAN is a hyper-converged solution and it is easy to set up and meets various workload requirements with support for all-flash. It is …

Some info about vSAN features

September 21, 2020

We used vSAN to test performance on VMware clusters for our Test/Dev Department. It is handy technology that provides fast and easy access …

Attractive, yet expensive, solution for hyper-convergence.

September 17, 2020

Our current license is the standard ( we previously had an advanced license). Managing an increasingly complex storage infrastructure with …

VMware vSAN is powerful yet simple to use.

September 14, 2020

We use vSAN in the College of Life Sciences at BYU. We have two VMware clusters with multiple hosts. vSAN allows us to utilize the storage …

Fast, solid and easy to use vSAN solution!

September 14, 2020

We are using our VMware vSAN across the entire network for the majority of our VM, file, and backups storage at this time. Since all our …

VMware vSAN - hyper-convergence versus dedicated storage is a great alternative

October 04, 2019

We started using VMware ESX in a typical dedicated host and dedicated storage model using Dell hosts and Nimble Storage arrays several …

Admins agree that vSAN is great!

July 11, 2019

Our vSAN deployment is currently used as the main hyper-converged infrastructure solution at our main headquarters. It houses the bulk of …

vSAN use in an R&D lab

July 05, 2019

Departmentally for R&D to investigate how our product line interacts within its framework. It solves multiple business problems including …

vSAN pairs great with branch and remote offices

June 29, 2019

vSAN is deployed in our branch locations with small vSphere clusters. It allows us to run storage within the same ESXi hosts without an …

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It allows us to run our virtual environment. The management is easy to use.
I am not able to think of anything at this time. Having additional training information is always great.

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Technician in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

single platform of storage for cloud native applications as well as traditional VMs
the HCL can be updated more frequently with certified components to use with vSAN

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C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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What is VMware vSAN?

VMware's vSAN is hyper-converged infrastructure solution.

Entry-level set up fee?

No setup fee

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Free Trial
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Product Details

What is VMware vSAN?

VMware's vSAN is hyper-converged infrastructure solution.

VMware vSAN Technical Details

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is VMware vSAN?

VMware's vSAN is hyper-converged infrastructure solution.

What is VMware vSAN's best feature?

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 9.2.

Who uses VMware vSAN?

The most common users of VMware vSAN are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees) and the Information Technology & Services industry.

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9.2

92%

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7.3

73%

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September 21, 2020

Some info about vSAN features

Dmitry Malafeev

Senior Systems Engineer

Drake Australia (Consumer Services, 201-500 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

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Usability

Usability on a high level. The product provides a nice user-friendly interface. Monitoring and reporting are clear.

September 17, 2020

Attractive, yet expensive, solution for hyper-convergence.

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Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

Score 9 out of 10

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Usability

Deploying and configuring VSAN is a relatively simple process for people that are already used to working in virtual environments, primarily for those that are familiar with vSphere. The compatibility of those two products is amazing. You shouldn't really encounter any issues and if you do, you surely did something wrong.

September 14, 2020

VMware vSAN is powerful yet simple to use.

Brent Runyan

IT Systems Architect

BYU - College of Life Sciences (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

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Usability

vSAN is powerful and easy to use. I believe that is the best definition of usability. It was installed in minutes and we have not had a single issue.

September 14, 2020

Fast, solid and easy to use vSAN solution!

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Manager in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

Score 9 out of 10

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Usability

The software side is where the magic happens, and VMware's vSAN works well and very few bugs encountered. If you run into an issue then support is usually quick to fix. Of course moving up versions you will see interface changes, some for the better, some worse. But that's to be expected in this business.