Hyperconverged Infrastructure Solutions Questions & Answers

VMware Consolidated Backup is responsible for offloading VM backup from the ESX server. It eliminates the backup traffic from the network and releases the resources of ESX server for VM performance.

There is a module community.vmware.vmware_cluster_vsan that manages vSAN configuration on VMware vSphere clusters. It is part of community.vmware collection (version 3.6.0).

NetApp HCI possesses numerous advantages, not to mention several disadvantages. A major merit is the fact that you can expand storage and computing independently without spending money and also wastage of resources. It is also stable in performance which is even when there are numerous applications running simultaneously. It is easier to manage with inbuilt tools and cloud support. To start with, the first installation might be confusing to those who are new and might require training. There is also slow customer support that is reported by some of the users. On the whole, NetApp HCI is appropriate to the expanding companies but can be cumbersome in small teams.