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Getting Started with VMware Virtual SAN

By : Cedric Rajendran
Book Image

Getting Started with VMware Virtual SAN

By: Cedric Rajendran

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Getting Started with VMware Virtual SAN
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
5
Truly Software-defined, Policy-based Management
8
Troubleshooting and Monitoring Utilities for Virtual SAN
Index

Server node


In data center terminology, server dimensions are depicted in rack units, that is, the form factors (width, height, and depth per unit) are standardized and servers are classified as 1U, 2U, and so on, to reflect the dimensions of the specific make and model. Here is a pictorial representation of an actual server node that we use in our setup to build the VSAN cluster; Dell PowerEdge R720xd is a 2U server:

Server hardware used as a VSAN node