HOW TO: Create a VMware vSphere 7.0.3 vSAN datastore using Intel Optane NVMe storage devices
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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
EE Fellow, MVE, Expert of the Year 2021,2017-11, Scribe 2016-2012, Author of the Year 2018-6,2013-2012 VMware vExpert Pro, vExpert 2025-2011
In this video presentation which is part of the Hancock's VMware Half Hour HOW TO Video Series I will show you HOW TO: Create a VMware vSphere vSAN using Intel Optane NVMe storage devices.
The storage devices we are using in this video are the Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X Series 375GB, 2.5in PCIe x4, 3D XPoint™, but this procedure can be use to add any compatible storage devices in ESXi to a vSAN datastore.
This video follows on from the follow video in this series
Part 36: HOW TO: Select an inexpensive HCL Certified 10GBe network interfaces for vSphere ESXi 7.0 and vSphere ESXi 8.0 for VMware vSphere vSAN
Part 37: HOW TO: Change the LBA sector size of storage media to make it compatible with VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 7.0 and ESXi 8.0.
Part 39: HOW TO: Create a VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) for use with VMware vSphere vSAN for the VMware vSphere vSAN Cluster.
If you are creating a design for VMware vSphere vSAN for a Production environment, please ensure you read the VMware Cloud Foundation Design Guide 01 JUN 2023 - this should be regarded as The Bible!
References
HOW TO: FIX the Warning System logs on host are stored on non-persistent storage, Move system logs to NFS shared storage.
WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH INTEL OPTANE? - Mr vSAN - Simon Todd
Matt Mancini blog
VMware vSAN 8.0 U1 Express Storage Architecture Deep Dive
VMware vSAN 7.0 U3 Deep Dive Paperback – 5 May 2022
The storage devices we are using in this video are the Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X Series 375GB, 2.5in PCIe x4, 3D XPoint™, but this procedure can be use to add any compatible storage devices in ESXi to a vSAN datastore.
This video follows on from the follow video in this series
Part 36: HOW TO: Select an inexpensive HCL Certified 10GBe network interfaces for vSphere ESXi 7.0 and vSphere ESXi 8.0 for VMware vSphere vSAN
Part 37: HOW TO: Change the LBA sector size of storage media to make it compatible with VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 7.0 and ESXi 8.0.
Part 39: HOW TO: Create a VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) for use with VMware vSphere vSAN for the VMware vSphere vSAN Cluster.
If you are creating a design for VMware vSphere vSAN for a Production environment, please ensure you read the VMware Cloud Foundation Design Guide 01 JUN 2023 - this should be regarded as The Bible!
References
HOW TO: FIX the Warning System logs on host are stored on non-persistent storage, Move system logs to NFS shared storage.
WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH INTEL OPTANE? - Mr vSAN - Simon Todd
Matt Mancini blog
VMware vSAN 8.0 U1 Express Storage Architecture Deep Dive
VMware vSAN 7.0 U3 Deep Dive Paperback – 5 May 2022
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