vSAN make it easier to configure and maintain storage. Lessening our footprint in the data center by eliminating the need for external storage like NAS or SAN. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find it difficult to understand what RAID configurations are in use and for what files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface allows me to view status and make changes without getting confused. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I haven't experienced any downsides at this time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Little overhead as it is already available on the server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Readily available on the hosts as opposed to accessing legacy SAN.

Downside is having to evacuate during maintenance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most helpful is that it's integrated into vCenter and it's abstracted as a single Datastore Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When it breaks or when its misconfigured Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It allows for expansion of compute and storage as needed for the environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing at this time everything is still in testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Compression and deduplication

Scalability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Disk groups and hybrid model with osamodel Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So easy to setup, fastest HCI storage you can build. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Still can't remove a single dead disk from vSAN without multiple reboots and sometimes having to physically remove the disk just to get it out of VSAN, quite a pain Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It really does make SDN better than traditional storage SAN arrays, since it scales both storage space & IO/throughput when we add more nodes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to break, hard to troubleshoot. We need less complex setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

vSAN has a great feature set to easily deploy and expand clusters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Depending on the use case the underlying infrastructure can be expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the performance increases for our storage plus the visibility to troubleshoot performance issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is complicated to architect and migrate from traditional arrays, but ultimately worthwhile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.