Saturday, July 23, 2011

vSphere5 Storage Appliance (VSA)



Get shared storage benefits without shared storage cost and complexity. For some SMBs, virtualization means dealing with complex shared storage for the first time. Not any more. VMware vSphere Storage Appliance provides SMBs with the high availability and automation capabilities of vSphere without the need for shared storage hardware.


Set it up in just five clicks

Before vSphere Storage Appliance, implementing virtualization required specialized knowledge in shared storage hardware. For example, a SAN configuration may require an FC Switch, a Server HBA, FC cables, and an external RAID Storage hardware. But with VSA, installation involves just a few mouse clicks and entering the desired IP address. And because VSA is integrated with vCenter Server, you can manage your entire IT environment in one place.

Get high availability without shared storage hardware

vSphere Storage Appliance runs on multiple servers simultaneously, so you can have the confidence that data is available to any of your workloads, even when a server fails. With vSphere’s availability features, you can restart snapshots of virtual machines automatically when a server fails, or use fault tolerant protection so applications run uninterrupted. Finally, perform maintenance with zero impact to the end user by migrating applications live from one server to another using vMotion.

Get world-class datacenter capabilities

vSphere Storage Appliance empowers smaller IT environments with the performance and efficiency of world-class datacenters. Get the most out of your hardware by pooling workloads for higher utilization. Then use the unique set-and-forget automation features of vSphere to guarantee application service levels for your most important applications, without constantly monitoring compute, network, or storage resources.

The list below highlights the key features of vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA):

Affordable Shared Storage

Turns internal server storage into fully virtualized, clustered, shared and highly available data stores at a dramatically lower cost than networked, external shared storage

Simple Installation and Configuration

Fully-automated installation and configuration of vCenter, vSphere and VSA
Ensures correct configuration for high availability

Storage Resilience Plus Availability

Synchronous mirroring of data stores
99.9% availability using vSphere High Availiability

Regular Server HCL Support

Full compatibility with fast growing hardware compatibility list
All VMware applications are supported

Simple Administration

Tight vCenter integration provides simplified administration via VSA plug-in.

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