VMware vSAN Pros and Cons

We are very satisfied with the product as we have maximized resource utilization and infrastructure investment. Far better than competitor products.

The world of Virtualization was a magical world for me to learn and experience, and I think VMware has done this job best so far. I worked on installation and management of VxRail based two datacenters for about 5 years. I can say that the ability to virtualize and manage their servers, endpoints, and network that VMware offers, especially with VSAN, is literally perfect.

Customer Support is also great and immediate basis support is available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The product is highly scalable and flexible with growing demands of our business. No need to buy separate SAN storage. Thereby we can optimize overall performance without compromising on storage efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integrated solution into the VMWare platform with good reliability and stability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Currently need to scale compute and storage together. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has almost help reduce the cost and effective utilization of capacity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not that I know of I am all satisfied thanks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Speed and ability to repair and keep data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Setup but not too bad but sometimes has been consuming in the past. Sometimes network isn't configured right and you don't know that is the issue with building it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

vSAN makes it very easy to deploy and simply manage storage, and can simplify racking of equipment by removing the SAN from the equation. Adding additional storage can also be easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The lack of advanced functionality as can be found in traditional SAN can be felt. Additionally, due to how VSAN works means that you'll be losing 25% or so of your total storage right off the top. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VMware vSAN continues to provide IT leaders with the best solution to bring the power of cloud storage to their data center with consistent high performance, flexibility and efficiency across all workloads, while optimizing their investments.

The combination of scalability, performance, and integration with the VMware ecosystem makes VMware vSAN an attractive solution for organizations looking to modernize their infrastructure and leverage the benefits of HCI.

The extended capabilities and easy of implementation of vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) that provide support for stretched clusters within the vSAN ESA framework will be a game-changer. This enhancement enables efficient sharing of vSAN datastores across clusters, optimizing resource utilization and streamlining storage management with ease of use and deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The licensing cost of vSAN can also be a concern if you have tight budget and now since VMware vSAN is no longer sold as a standalone product and is now available as a part of VMware Cloud Foundation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Because VMware vSAN integrates with other VMware product, it is easy to use.

- It is easy to implement, because of integration with vSphere

- VMware Customer Support and KBs are realy good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Managing vSAN requires different maintenance procedures compared to traditional storage solutions.

- vSAN does not support Raw Device Mapping (RDM) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Speed and latency is amazing. Customers love it and dont want to move away from it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lot of it goes wasted when we go to performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integrated hyperconverged storage without need for additional software, AKA no CVM Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Updating becomes an issue when you start to go over the threshold for redundancy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VSAN is an Internal storage so external hardware and network dependencies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No monitoring internal tools to discover issues before they become outages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.