VSAN - vBrownBag

Deck to accompany vBrownBag podcast from 4th Sept 2013

Transcript

1. vSphere 5.5 Series VSAN Nick Marshall - @NickMarshall9 Sr. Consultant, VCAP, VMware PSO
2. Session Outline – VSAN §  Intro §  Architecture §  Demo §  Q & A
3. VSAN - Introduction §  Local Storage §  Integrated with ESXi §  Shared over network §  Granular Performance and Availability §  Works with all the good stu (HA / DRS)
4. VSAN - Prerequisites §  Min 3 / Max 8 hosts §  1 SSD, 1 HDD §  1Gbps NICs (10Gbps recommended) §  vCenter §  VSAN License
5. VSAN - Use Cases §  VDI §  Dev / Test §  Big Data §  DR target §  Remote O ce
6. Session Outline – VSAN §  Intro §  Architecture §  Demo §  Q & A
7. VSAN - Architecture
8. VSAN - Architecture §  Hosts can be “just” a consumer §  10:1 HDD:SSD ratio recommended §  SSD is read and write cache (unlike vFlash) §  RAIN - Reliable Array of Independent Nodes §  Local disk controller must be in pass- through
9. Session Outline – VSAN §  Intro §  Architecture §  Demo §  Q & A
10. Session Outline – VSAN §  Intro §  Architecture §  Demo §  Q & A
11. References •  VSAN Beta •  http://vsanbeta.com/ •  Yellow-Bricks: Testing VSAN •  http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2013/09/02/testing- virtual-san-in-your-lab-with-vsphere-5-5/ •  virtuallyGhetto: Nested VSAN ESXi •  http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2013/09/how-to- quickly-setup-and-test-vmware.html •  Mastering VMware vSphere 5.5 •  http://tinyurl.com/masteringvsphere
12. Thank you Nick Marshall - @NickMarshall9 Sr. Consultant, VCAP, VMware PSO