vSAN · HCI PlatformThe World Standard
for HCI Storage
VMware vSAN by Broadcom is the industry-leading hyperconverged storage platform — now featuring the Express Storage Architecture (ESA) for up to 10.6× workload performance and 70% more usable capacity on NVMe hardware. From 3-node all-flash clusters to 8.6 PB disaggregated vSAN Max deployments, managed entirely within vCenter.
VMware vSAN Portfolio
Three products covering the full spectrum — converged HCI, disaggregated scale-out storage, and full SDDC private cloud.
Ground-up NVMe-native HCI storage redesign — single storage tier, RAID-6 efficiency at RAID-1 performance. Up to 70% more usable capacity and 10.6× workload performance vs OSA.
Separate storage from compute — dedicated NVMe storage clusters serve multiple vSphere clusters. Scale to 8.6 PB per cluster, 3.6M IOPS, serve 100+ compute nodes independently.
vSphere + vSAN + NSX + Aria in a single validated per-core subscription. 365% 3-year ROI. The most complete private cloud SDDC platform, now under Broadcom licensing.
Inside VMware vSAN — From NVMe to Policy
How vSAN transforms local NVMe drives across multiple ESXi hosts into a distributed, policy-driven enterprise storage platform.
vSAN ReadyNode Hardware Foundation
Every host in a vSAN cluster contributes local NVMe TLC storage to a shared pool. With ESA, each host has a single unified storage pool — no separate cache and capacity tiers. Broadcom-certified ReadyNode platforms from Dell, HPE, Lenovo, and Cisco ensure hardware compatibility and performance benchmarks are met from day one.
Managed Entirely
Within vCenter
vSAN requires no separate management console. Storage health, performance dashboards, policy compliance, capacity modelling, and cluster operations are all built into vCenter Server. Your vSphere administrators manage storage with no additional tooling or training overhead.
- Real-time per-VM IOPS, latency, and throughput monitoring
- Storage Policy Based Management — intent-driven storage
- Proactive health checks across 200+ cluster checks
- Capacity modelling and runway predictions
Licensing & Editions
Under Broadcom, vSAN is included in VCF/VVF per-core subscriptions — or available as a standalone per-TiB Add-on for scale-out storage.
Why VMware vSAN?
Industry-leading HCI performance, massive scale, and no separate storage administration — backed by a 365% ROI and 6-month payback.
#1 HCI by Revenue
VMware vSAN holds joint first place in HCI market share by revenue (IDC) — deployed in the majority of Fortune 500 data centres and trusted by organisations across every major industry.
ESA Performance Leap
vSAN 8 ESA delivers up to 10.6× improvement in mixed database workloads versus the previous architecture on identical hardware — without a storage hardware refresh.
70% More Usable Capacity
ESA's single-tier NVMe model with RAID-6 erasure coding delivers up to 70% more usable capacity from the same NVMe drives compared to OSA's two-tier cache model.
Zero Storage Admin Silos
Storage is managed entirely in vCenter alongside compute — no separate storage management console, no SAN/NAS expertise required. Storage policies eliminate manual LUN provisioning permanently.
365% ROI Proven
An independent 2024 IDC study found a 365% three-year ROI and 6-month payback period across enterprise VCF/vSAN deployments, with $6.67M higher annual revenue per organisation.
UK Reseller — Servnet
Servnet provides UK-based vSAN/VCF licensing, pre-sales architecture advice, and ReadyNode hardware sourcing — single-supplier convenience for your entire HCI deployment.
Ready to Modernise Your Storage Infrastructure?
Servnet provides UK VMware vSAN / VCF licensing and ReadyNode hardware — our team can help you right-size VCF core counts, vSAN capacity, and ReadyNode configurations for your workloads.
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