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vSAN RAID Levels and Fault Domains

vSAN RAID Levels and Fault Domains

vSAN RAID Levels and Fault Domains

One of my customers is considering implementing vSAN, so I’ve been researching it quite a bit lately. The interactions of vSAN RAID levels (for all-flash configurations) and Fault Domains is fairly complex, so I figured that I should post some notes about what I’ve learned here. First, the concept of RAID is a little different in vSAN than it is in a traditional array. Traditionally, RAID specifies the algorithm used to spread data (or parity data) across a set of disks. For example, RAID 5…Read More


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