Selecting a storage controller

Selecting an appropriate storage controller is one of the most important decisions you will make when creating a VSAN server configuration. The storage controller has tremendous weight in terms of I/O performance and reliability. Because of the importance of the storage controller on the overall performance and reliability of your VSAN cluster the storage controller must be selected from the VSAN-specific subset of the overall VMware Compatibility Guide.

Getting ready

You should be on the VMware VSAN Compatibility Guide page.

How to do it…

The initial landing page for the VSAN Compatibility Guide will allow you to browse through VSAN Ready Node configurations. As we will be discussing the case of VSAN Ready Nodes later ...

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