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VMware vSAN<\/a> is the market leader in HCI. One of the many driving forces that has helped solidify this position, is the rapid and continuous pace of innovation. VMware has always given customers the power of choice, and this continues into the hybrid cloud era. VMware\u2019s digital foundation gives customers the ability, and flexibility to build true hybrid cloud environments to best suite their use cases. VMware offers a full stack SDDC, and HCI is the starting point for those transitioning to a software-defined infrastructure.<\/p>\n

VMware HCI, the Best Building Block for a Digital Foundation<\/h2>\n

Data centers powered by VMware vSAN offer scalability, flexibility, and manageability to meet nearly any demand, and is the cornerstone for customers looking to build private clouds and extend their multi-cloud capabilities.<\/p>\n

\"vSAN<\/a>VMware vSAN is the only storage software natively integrated with the market-leading hypervisor, vSphere. This unique integration delivers optimal resource utilization for the most critical of applications.<\/p>\n

VMware vSAN provides industry-leading deployment flexibility with the largest HCI ecosystem. Over 15,000 private clouds, running on over 500+ ReadyNodes™, jointly certified servers, VxRail \u2013 a jointly engineered turnkey appliance, as well as two of the largest public cloud providers, Amazon and IBM. Run HCI on the hardware you prefer.<\/p>\n

VMware uniquely provides centralized management of all your HCI deployments from edge to core to cloud from the same tools you use today, vCenter<\/a> and vRealize<\/a>. These can optimize your operational efficiency with a single toolset across the hybrid cloud, without having to learn any new skills.<\/p>\n

All of these features are available today. Not tomorrow, not next quarter, not next year, today. Only VMware can deliver a true hybrid cloud to your data center now.<\/p>\n

vSAN 6.7 U1 Makes it Easy to Adopt HCI<\/h2>\n

VMware vSAN 6.7 U1 makes it even easier to adopt HCI and build a Digital Foundation. Key areas where vSAN 6.7 U1 provides additional benefits include the simplification of day one and two operations, lowering the total cost of ownership with more efficient infrastructure, and even more rapid support and resolution with ReadyCare.<\/p>\n

First, we are simplifying operations day one and two operations by streamlining the deployment process, improving lifecycle management, reducing disruptions during maintenance operations, and improving capacity reporting. These updates help administrators more quickly and easily deploy and extend infrastructure while minimizing disruptions while keeping the environment up to date.<\/p>\n

Simplified Operations<\/h2>\n

Cluster Quickstart<\/h3>\n

Speed to market and configuration consistency are paramount to reduce risk, maintain uniformity, and achieve better stability and efficiency. A new \u201cQuickstart\u201d guided cluster creation wizard gives administrators a streamlined mechanism for deploying vSAN, and non-vSAN, clusters.<\/p>\n

An easy to use, step-by-step configuration wizard makes creating a production-ready vSAN cluster effortless. Cluster Quickstart<\/a> handles initial deployment, as well as the process of expanding the cluster as needs change.<\/p>\n

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The Cluster Quickstart wizard workflow includes these tasks and more to ease the deployment process:<\/p>\n