Announcing General Availability of vSAN 8

VMware is pleased to announce that vSAN 8 is now generally available. All customers and partners may deploy vSAN 8 with either the Original Storage Architecture or the new Express Storage Architecture.

VMware’s next generation of hyper-converged infrastructure software offers uncompromised performance to suit today’s business demands while future-proofing the data center for whatever the future holds.

vSAN 8 introduces vSAN Express Storage ArchitectureTM, a new optional storage architecture within the vSAN platform. vSAN Express Storage Architecture is the industry’s first single-tier HCI storage solution, designed to optimally leverage high-performance storage devices, providing up to 4x performance boosts. Advanced compression algorithms enable up to 4x better compression, furthering storage efficiency and contributing to a TCO reduction of up to 40%. vSAN Express Storage Architecture features scalable, native snapshots for improved backups and a storage pool architecture that reduces fault domains and improves data availability.

Explore some of our recently published content to discover how this next-generation of vSAN will enable your organization to future-proof the data center:

• Announcing vSAN 8 Blog Post
• What’s New in vSAN 8 Video
• vSAN 8 Technology Overview Video
• vSpeaking Podcast: vSAN 8
• Foundations of vSAN Architecture YouTube Series
• Increased Write Buffer Capacity for vSAN 8 Blog Post
• vSAN Express Storage Architecture Technical Blog