VMware vSAN service configuration
In this section, we will discuss vSAN service configuration in a VxRail cluster, including the following:
- vSAN Deduplication and Compression
- vSAN Encryption
- vSAN Performance Service
- The vSAN iSCSI target service
- Advanced options
These features can be enabled during deployment, if we specify in the PEQ, or can be enabled manually after deployment; we need to enable these features manually if we want to use them. If we go to the Configure tab of the VxRail cluster and choose Services under the vSAN menu, we can enable these features:
Now we will discuss each vSAN feature one by one.
vSAN Deduplication and Compression
vSAN Deduplication and Compression is only supported on VxRail all-flash clusters; VxRail hybrid clusters are not supported. It also requires a VMware vSAN license edition of Advanced or above. When vSAN deduplication is enabled...