Use VMware vSAN HCI Mesh to manage your vSAN storage resources and share them across server clusters - Infographic
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The document discusses the implementation of VMware vSAN HCI Mesh on Dell EMC PowerEdge MX hardware to enhance hyperconverged infrastructure by allowing flexible resource sharing across server clusters. This feature enables independent scaling of compute and storage resources while maintaining ease of management. The document highlights the advantages of this technology, including resource disaggregation and the ability to use multiple storage classes.
Use VMware vSAN HCI Mesh to manage your vSAN storage resources and share them across server clusters - Infographic
- 1. Principled Technologies® Copyright 2021 Principled Technologies, Inc. Based on “Use VMware vSAN HCI Mesh to manage your storage resources and share them across server clusters,” a Principled Technologies report, June 2021. Principled Technologies® is a registered trademark of Principled Technologies, Inc. All other product names are the trademarks of their respective owners. 1 “Add next-generation Dell EMC PowerEdge MX servers to your VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure with ease,” ac- cessed April 19, 2021, https://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/PowerEdge-MX-deployment-process-0421.pdf. 2 “Maximize time savings for your IT admins with the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX platform and OpenManage Enterprise,” ac- cessed April 19, 2021, https://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/PowerEdge-MX-HPE-Synergy-Cisco-UCS-0319.pdf. 3 John Nicholson, “Introducing VMware vSAN HCI Mesh,” accessed April 19, 2021, https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2020/09/16/introducing-vmware-vsan-hci-mesh/. Learn more at http://facts.pt/FGiJdQ8 We set up vSAN HCI Mesh on Dell EMC PowerEdge MX hardware and used the technology to improve hyperconverged resource flexibility Use VMware vSAN HCI Mesh to manage your vSAN storage resources and share them across server clusters STEP 1 STEP 1 Dell EMC™ PowerEdge™ MX is a modular platform that can accommodate a number of compute nodes with local storage drives. In our past studies with PowerEdge MX, we found the platform easy to manage and quick to get started with.1,2 With VMware® vSAN™ HCI Mesh, the PowerEdge MX platform can share vSAN storage resources with compute nodes outside of a specific cluster. This new feature also allows customers to independently scale compute and storage resources while maintaining the management and operational simplicity of HCI. To learn more about using PowerEdge servers with VMware technology, visit https://www.delltechnologies. com/en-us/solutions/vmware/servers-for-vmware.htm. Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 chassis Dell EMC PowerEdge MX750c servers Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c servers About vSAN HCI Mesh Before vSAN HCI Mesh, adding resources to a hyperconverged cluster meant dedicating resources to that cluster specifically. But with VMware vSAN version 7.0, update 2, IT staff are now able to join together multiple independent server clusters to create mesh-like architecture where resources are disaggregated and freely shareable.3 Benefits of vSAN HCI Mesh • Freely share vSAN HCI cluster resources • Use both vSAN HCI Mesh and external storage • Deploy multiple datastores with different storage classes • Manage resources via the familiar VMware vSphere® web client vSAN server cluster is available to provide remote storage to other server clusters vSAN HCI Mesh uses the vSAN protocol to export storage HCI Mesh compute/client clusters can consume storage resources provided by a remote vSAN cluster 1 2 3 How vSAN HCI Mesh works with your data center hardware