With a new server design that can be deployed as an entry-level 4-node cluster and scaled up to a total of 64 nodes, it can run core business applications such as database transaction processing and VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) at over 2 million TPM (Transactions per Minute). The new Virtual SAN 6 architecture utilizes SanDisk Lightning® Gen. II 12Gb/s SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) SSDs and CloudSpeed SATA SSDs to provide cache and long-term retention storage tiers essential for highly stable enterprise-grade application performance.

John Scaramuzzo, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Storage Solutions at SanDisk, stated, "SanDisk is confident in the potential of hyper-converged storage solutions to significantly reduce IT infrastructure complexity and associated storage costs." “For this reason, SanDisk has been a very strong VMware Virtual SAN partner from the beginning,” the company stated. “SanDisk is making significant efforts to expand its relationship with VMware and continues to announce new solutions that help both companies’ enterprise customers utilize data center resources as effectively as possible. In addition, SanDisk is a partner of VMware for the development of VMware vSphere® APIs for IO Filtering.”

The all-flash VMware Virtual SAN 6 architecture enables IT organizations to deliver services more quickly and enhance user satisfaction and disaster recovery service levels for mission-critical applications. This supports customers in taking operational agility and productivity to new heights. Furthermore, it reduces capital expenditures for customers by eliminating the need to purchase additional storage resources to support peak workloads. The combination of SanDisk Flash technology and VMware solutions simplifies data center infrastructure and reduces points of failure, thereby facilitating system management and lowering operational costs.

Charles Fan, Senior Vice President and General Manager of VMware’s Storage and Availability Business Unit, stated, “SanDisk’s new all-flash VMware Virtual SAN design provides customers of both companies with scalability and essential price-performance SSD characteristics, along with higher levels of Virtual Machine (VM) performance density,” adding, “VMware is designed to meet the demands of today’s workforce and be optimized for Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) architectures.” “By collaborating with SanDisk to validate flash solutions for VMware vSphere® and VMware Virtual SAN environments, we are now able to support customers in strengthening their enterprise capabilities by achieving higher efficiency, flexibility, and IT resource utilization,” the company stated.