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VSAN does also impose additional resource needs. Depending on the size of the disks you choose and how many, VSAN will consume additional compute and memory resources. If you typically run your systems close to the margins, in terms of compute/memory resources (or if you are planning to with your new cluster), consider specifying a modest amount of additional CPU and memory in the configuration. VSAN is capped at 10 percent resource utilization for CPU and memory as a maximum, so adding at least 10 percent to your assumed consumption should leave you with comfortable operating margins.

Additionally, VSAN requires a local boot device, either an SD card, or other low-performance solid-state memory, or a dedicated hard disk drive, or SSD. The boot device should be at least 16GB, in accordance with standard VMware recommendations. If your server configuration equals/exceeds 512 GB of system RAM, then you must use a hard disk drive or SSD as your boot device to ensure supportability, otherwise, a core dump cannot be written in the event of a system crash.