Flash storage solutions provider SanDisk has announced that its SAS enterprise solid state drives, have been certified by VMware as a supported flash tier of VMware Virtual SAN.
VMware Virtual SAN is a new software-defined storage tier that clusters server direct-attached hard disk drives (HDDs) and SSDs . The SSDs are available in Dell PowerEdge® R720 and PowerEdge® T620 servers
“Dell PowerEdge servers are designed to handle the most demanding workloads with superb stability, efficiency and long-term value, and the SSDs included in these solutions are a key element to that performance,” said Brian Payne, Executive Director, Server Solutions, Dell. “The combined solution of SanDisk SSDs within the Dell PowerEdge R720 and PowerEdgeT620 servers provide a strong platform for VMware Virtual SAN.”
VMware Virtual SAN is integrated with VMware vSphere and implements a scale-out, architecture with built-in read/write caching on SSDs for high performance.
“VMware Virtual SAN is designed to provide a simple and resilient tier of storage for virtual machines,” said John Gilmartin, Vice President and General Manager, SDDC Suite Business Unit, VMware. “SanDisk’s SAS SSDs with VMware Virtual SAN can provide our joint customers with a high-performance and cost-effective storage solution.”
