Switching from vSAN OSA to ESA

The vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) is an optional, alternative architecture in VMware vSAN 8 that’s designed to achieve all-new levels of efficiency, scalability and performance. It features a single-tier architecture optimized for high-performance NVMe-based TLC flash devices for both on-premises environments and hyperscale public clouds. Johannes Weidacher, an IT Specialist for Storage and Datacenter Virtualization is one of the many vSAN customers who recently discovered the performance, capacity and security improvements of vSAN ESA. On this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, Pete and John speak to Johannes about his recent experience moving from vSAN OSA to ESA.