HGST announced a portfolio of certified devices for VMware Virtual SAN, VMware's software-defined storage product. The HGST certification list includes 12Gb SAS SSDs, PCIe flash accelerators, and the HGST Ultrastar family of helium-filled HDD. These certified devices provide interoperable storage tiers for VMware Virtual SAN.
"Storing and managing data are two of the most important functions in the data centre. HGST supporting VMware Virtual SAN with a broad portfolio of certified devices will give enterprises and cloud data centres an extensive choice to optimally implement their software-defined storage initiatives," said Gaetan Castelein, senior director, storage and availability, Vmware.
The VMware Compatibility Guide includes the Ultrastar He6 SAS 512n, from Ultrastar helium-filled HDDs; the Ultrastar C10K1800 SAS 512n and Ultrastar C15K600 SAS 512n performance HDDs; the entire FlashMAX PCIe SSD family; the s1122 PCIe Accelerator; S842 and S846 SAS SSDs; and family of 12Gb SAS Ultrastar SSD800MH.B and Ultrastar SSD1600MM SSDs. All of these solutions offer VMware Virtual SAN customers the flexibility to granularly scale-up or scale-out their storage environment, while maintaining performance and endurance for mission-critical applications.
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