QSAN has just announced that its range of flash array and unified storages has been tested to be compatible with VMware 8.0, allowing storages to be shared across connected hosts in a VMware vSphere cluster. This upgrade comes hand in hand with QSAN’s vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA) provider that will enable its arrays to work with vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVols). What’s unique about this release is that all unified storages will be VVol capable with this update.
VMWare 8.0 compatibility provides QSAN customers with access to the latest virtualization technologies, ensuring that their storage infrastructure can support even the most demanding workloads. VMware provides support only for the devices that are listed in the VMware Compatibility Guide. With this update, QSAN’s storage products can now be seamlessly integrated with VMWare virtualization environments, paving the way for greater performance, efficiency, and scalability.
VMware vCenter Server plug-ins extend the capabilities of vCenter Server by providing additional features and functions. Through VASA provider, QSAN storages can inform vCenter Server about their configurations, capabilities, and storage health and events. In return, VASA can deliver VM storage requirements from vCenter Server to QSAN storages and ensure that the storage layer meets the requirements. QSAN VASA provider as a plug-in in VMware vCenter enables application-centric granular management and storage-policy-based management for agile, simple and efficient IT services.
As a VMware Technology Alliance Partner for more than a decade, QSAN has been working with VMware to develop technical solutions for key VMware integration such as VAAI, VASA, and vVols. Based on this cooperation, QSAN can provide storage solutions with excellent performance and enterprise-level functions to assist users with deploying virtual environments by building a powerful flash-based infrastructure.
