VMware has launched the latest generation of vSphere and VSAN and this comes with a nice list of new features and options for VSAN6.7. From this list I will highlight something new for the HTML5 client.
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4Kn drive support.
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vSphere and vSAN FIPS 140-2 validation.
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HTML5 interface.
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vRealize Operations within vCenter Server.
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Windows Server Failover Clustering support.
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Intelligent site continuity for stretched clusters.
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Witness traffic separation for stretched clusters.
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Efficient inter-site resync for stretched clusters.
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Fast failovers when using redundant vSAN networks.
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Adaptive resync for dynamic management of resynchronization traffic.
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Consolidation of replica components.
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vSAN destaging optimizations.
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Health check additions and improvements.
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vSAN Support insight.
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Swap object thin provisioning and policy inheritance improvements.
Where did my FTT go?
In the lastest edition of vSphere / VSAN and the HTML 5 client, VMware has changed some of the terminology. For example, the feature called Failure to Tolerate which came in two different flavors, a Primary (PFTT) and a Secondary (SFTT) has disappeared. Likewise, the Failures to Tolerate Method (FTM – RAID 1/5-6) has disappeared as well. What happened to them? Well, I believe we moved to a better understandable flow of defining policies. To illustrate this I have made a small video where I compare the Flex client to the HTML 5 client, using the latest vSphere and VSAN 6.7 code.
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