Seven Reasons To Consider Virtual SAN

The storage market is inundated by new technologies and architectures. In March of 2014, it went in an entirely new direction. That is when VMware introduced Virtual SAN: the first VMware entry into the “software-defined storage” product category. Virtual SAN is optimized for VMware vSphere® environments and is doing for storage what VMware vSphere did for compute.

Since its introduction, Virtual SAN has captured a lot of industry attention, winning top awards at the InterOp and TechEd conferences. VMware Virtual SAN™ is a new approach to storage. Virtual SAN applies the principles of the VMware software-defined data center to storage to create a high-performance, cost-effective alternative for virtualized environments.

What is so special about it? Here are seven reasons why Virtual SAN is a truly unique storage solution that enterprises should incorporate into their storage strategy.