{"id":1647,"date":"2015-06-22T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T06:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2015-06-22T14:19:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T22:19:11","slug":"20-common-vsan-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"20+ Common VSAN Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>20+ Common #VSAN Questions<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1Jfdm4f' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/d3utlhu53nfcwz.cloudfront.net\/171901\/cdnImage\/article\/3c189bc9-b8bd-4e5a-b591-4299d0390d43\/?size=Box320'><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1Jfdm4f' style='text-decoration: none;' target='_blank'>20+ Common VSAN Questions<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Virtual BlocksPost navigation? Get hands-on with Virtual SAN \u2013 download the free 6 month evaluation!Running Microsoft Business Critical Application on Virtual SAN 6.0 ? Posted on May 29, 2015 by Chuck Hollis VMware\u2019s Virtual SAN radically simplifies storage in vSphere clusters. Even though the product has been available for about a year, we still continue to get all sorts of interesting questions. What follows are the list of interesting questions we encounter most often, along with quick answers. 1. How does VSAN use external storage arrays? VSAN doesn\u2019t use external storage arrays &mdash; it uses server-based disk drives and flash devices to create its own shared and protected storage pool. The environment is much simpler and more&#8230;<a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1Jfdm4f' target='_blank'>Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/advocacy.vmware.com' target='_blank'>VMware Advocacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20+ Common #VSAN Questions 20+ Common VSAN Questions Virtual BlocksPost navigation? Get hands-on with Virtual SAN \u2013 download the free 6 month evaluation!Running Microsoft Business Critical Application on Virtual SAN 6.0 ? Posted on May 29, 2015 by Chuck Hollis VMware\u2019s Virtual SAN radically simplifies storage in vSphere clusters. 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