VMware's Killer new storage in 2022! Single drive vSAN Express Storage Architecture home lab

VMware has a killer new storage solution that is found in the latest vSphere 8 and vSAN 8 release. The new storage architecture found in vSAN 8 known as the Express Storage Architecture is a great new storage solution that is even simpler for home lab use and can be enabled with a single drive in each cluster host. We take a look at the new architecture and then look at configuring the new vSAN ESA.

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Introduction – 0:00
Where storage technology has come over the years – 1:05
Looking at where storage has come in 2022 – 1:45
Elimination of the two-tier storage approach – 2:23
Storage Pool and all devices configured in vSAN storage are capacity and performance – 2:48
Log Structured File system with efficiency improvements – 3:21
Encryption and compression are repositioned and more efficient with vSAN 8 – 3:38
Beginning configuration of the Express Storage Architecture – 4:03
Launching the configure vSAN storage wizard – 4:29
New default is the Express Storage Architecture ESA – 4:41
Services configuration – 4:57
Claiming disks for vSAN ESA – 5:08
I don’t have certified drives but we can still install – 5:23
Enabling Express Storage Architecture with a single disk from each host – 6:00
Creating fault domains – 6:40
Reviewing the configuration – 6:55
vCenter Server tasks kick off in vSphere Client – 7:13
Disks are added to hosts in the vSAN Cluster – 7:34
Looking at disk management – 8:00
Discussing viability of ESA for home labs – 8:33
Concluding thoughts with vSAN Express Storage Architecture and home lab thoughts – 8:53

Configure vSAN Express Storage Architecture ESA:

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/10/configure-vsan-8-express-storage-architecture-esa/

Upgrade to ESXi 8 in three ways:

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/10/esxi-8-0-upgrade-in-three-ways/

VMware vSphere 8 Download links:

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/10/vmware-vsphere-8-download-links-for-esxi-8-and-vcenter-server-8/