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MD KAMRUDDIN C.

Deputy Manager, Infrastructure & Network Department

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/22/2020

"One of the best Hyper Converged software in the market"

4/5

What do you like best about VMware vSAN?

The whole vSAN management user interface is integrated in vCenter. It eliminates the requirement of storage administrator. If vSphere administrator has sufficient knowledge of storage, he can administer the vSAN also. The storage performance is very good. It made the whole cluster a fault tolerant system. It can tolerate disk failure, host failure, even rack failure. It decoupled the storage from underlying hardware and the supported compatilbe hardware list is so long. vSAN has two flavors: hybrid - that can use magnetic disk and All flash- used with all flash disk. The vSAN health check monitoring is also very easy that are integrated into vCenter and it is improving day by day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSAN?

The pricing model is per socket based which is not suitable for small customer. The cost per socket is also too much high. The yearly SnS price is high also. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering VMware vSAN:

If your are in problem of scaling storage and your current environment is running on vSphere, then you consider VMware vSAN. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were looking for a storage solution that can be easily scaled and managed. Although there were several options, we chose vSAN because we have already vSphere in our data center. Since vSAN is already integrated into kernel we only need to push license key to activate it. No new hardware purcahse was required , so no procurement time needed for hardware procument and shipment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VMware vSAN Reviews & Product Details

VMware vSAN brings the power of cloud to your storage with vSphere integration for consistent application performance and high consolidation ratios. Meet today’s business requirements with agile Hyperconverged Infrastructure that allows you to scale flexibly with subscription licensing, simplify operations with highly automated workflows and cloud services, accelerate time-to market, and reduce costs. Next-generation architecture designed for high-performing devices future-proofs your data center and enables you to optimize performance without compromising space efficiency. VMware HCI is cloud connected to support any application or use case in a hybrid cloud architecture and speeds cloud adoption with consistent infrastructure and operations with all the global hyperscalers, including Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Alibaba and Oracle.

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Vivek D.

Sr. Network & Systems Specialist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/9/2025

"Cost effective HCI Storage Solution"

4.5/5

What do you like best about VMware vSAN?

It's more granular & efficient than creating LUNs like in the past. With vSAN your datastore is easier to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSAN?

Strict requirements if upgrading to vSAN ESA, you need vsan ready nodes which are NVMe-only, if you have SAS disks then you need to use the OSA architecture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hla Bhone A.

System Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/28/2025

"VMware vSAN your new business storage"

5/5

What do you like best about VMware vSAN?

As someone working in a virtualized environment, what I really like about VMware vSAN is how it makes storage super simple. Since it’s built right into the ESXi hypervisor, I don’t need to deal with separate storage systems — everything is managed straight from vCenter. It’s a lot easier to handle, especially when you’re managing both compute and storage in one place. Makes day-to-day operations smoother and less of a headache. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSAN?

Licensing can get expensive, and troubleshooting isn’t always straightforward if you’re new to vSAN. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

vSAN solves the hassle of managing separate storage systems by combining compute and storage into a single platform. For me, it means easier setup, centralized management through vCenter, and less time spent troubleshooting traditional SAN issues. It also scales easily as our environment grows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/26/2025

"Innovation"

4/5

What do you like best about VMware vSAN?

I like that they finally came together in one unified storage solution that actually works as if you had a separate attached storage device like pure or other devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSAN?

Still new to the concept and trying to vet the ROI from changing from pure infrastructure over to back to vsan Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Elias M.

Senior Technical Operations Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/5/2025

"Effortless to Use and Flexible Hardware Support"

4.5/5

What do you like best about VMware vSAN?

Ease of use, vSAN works on different hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSAN?

There is no particular area I dislike about vSAN. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

srinivas K.

GM Business Development

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/17/2025

"Powerful and most scalable storage solution"

5/5

What do you like best about VMware vSAN?

Flexible storage expansion allows me to ad more storage . It offers high performance, user friendly support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSAN?

You must stick to VMware’s Hardware Compatibility List Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Richard K.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/25/2025

"Competitive Edge"

4/5

What do you like best about VMware vSAN?

The speed and ease of management! vSAN is a fantastic addition to my VMware stack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSAN?

I cannot create a volume to share out, that is multi-protocol. I can't do NFS AND CIFS/SMB on the same system. This is limiting factor for our Linux devs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

will k.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/26/2025

"vSAN has reduced the overhead of managing additional storage solutions"

4.5/5

What do you like best about VMware vSAN?

convenience is the best part about vSAN. Single pane of glass for managing storage policies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSAN?

vSAN is difficult to troubleshoot because of how complex it is Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Charles Z.

ICS OT Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/27/2025

"vSAN reduces storage complexity"

5/5

What do you like best about VMware vSAN?

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.

What do you dislike about VMware vSAN?

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