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vSphere Storage Appliance - White Paper: VMware, Inc.

In VMware vSphere™ 5.0 (“vSphere”), VMware is releasing a new software storage appliance to the market called the vSphere® Storage Appliance (VSA). This appliance provides an alternative shared storage solution for small-to-medium business (SMB) customers who might not be in a position to purchase a SAN or NAS array for their virtual infrastructure. Without shared storage configured in a vSphere environment, customers have not been able to exploit the unique features available in vSphere 5.0, such as vSphere® High Availability (vSphere HA), vSphere® vMotion® (vMotion), and vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler (vSphere DRS). The VSA is designed to provide shared storage for everyone.

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