Best Home Server Storage for virtualization - Intel Optane in VMware vSAN

After receiving complimentary Intel Optane drives via the VMware vExpert program for testing in the home lab, I am excited to share with you guys the journey of adding Intel Optane storage to my home lab VMware vSphere vSAN environment. Take a look with me and the benchmark results as we look at the differences between NVMe cache tier and Optane and the results I saw in the lab. VMware vExpert program: https://vexpert.vmware.com Intel Optane: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/... Subscribe to the channel:    / @virtualizationhowto   My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media:   / vspinmaster   LinkedIn:   / brandon-lee-vht   Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit Introduction - 0:00 How I received the Intel Optane drives - 0:45 What about the end of life of Intel Optane storage? - 1:24 Notice of end of life driving price down - 2:05 Introducing information about Intel Optane - 2:23 NAND uses transistors where Intel Optane doesn't - 2:46 NAND changes data inefficiently compared to Intel Optane - 3:02 No backend processes needed with Intel Optane data changes - 3:40 Looking at the form factors of the Intel Optane drives - 4:07 Looking at the cable I am using to connect the U.2 drive to the motherboard - 4:42 Other ways to connect M.2 to U.2 - 5:04 Looking at the calbe after installation and U.2 Intel Optane drive mounted - 5:41 Introducing VMware HCIBench benchmarking utility - 6:28 Looking at deploying the HCIGBench OVA appliance - 7:15 Configuring the HCIBench benchmarking parameters - 7:29 Looking at the Easy Run - 8:10 Choosing the benchmarking tool to use - 8:45 Looking at the results of the Intel Optane tests! - 9:30 Talking about my Supermicro Xeon-D vSAN hosts - 9:40 Numbers before Intel Optane - 9:57 With Intel Optane numbers - 10:30 95th percentile write latency - 11:16 Concluding thoughts on Intel Optane and the use case for home lab - 12:20 Is Intel Optane worth it? https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2... NVMe server for vSAN virtual machines: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2... My Supermicro home lab: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2...