The next step was network virtualization since using traditional hardware network devices in complex virtual environments with a large number of VMs was inconvenient. The popularity of virtual machines continued to grow. While ESXi clusters allow you to abstract from a CPU perspective, ESXi clusters also allow you to abstract from underlying ESXi hosts running VMs. Compared with virtualization by hypervisor software only, hardware virtualization supported on the CPU level improved virtual machine performance. As a result, virtualization features were implemented into Intel and AMD processors as Intel VT-x and AMD-V instruction sets. As virtualization grew in popularity, VMware convinced partners and other vendors that virtualization is essential in the modern world. When VMware released the first versions of ESX and VMware Workstation, these hypervisors used software emulation to run virtual machines. VMware vSphere is used to virtualize IT infrastructures and build completely software-defined virtual datacenters, where an administrator can configure all components in VMware vSphere abstracting from the hardware. This blog post covers VMware vVols (VMware Virtual Volumes), including use cases, and this feature’s working principle.
VMware offers the vVols feature, which changes the traditional concept of storing data on shared storage. When a data center grows and operates with large amounts of data, automation and scalability become a necessity. Proper storage configuration ensures optimal performance and reliability. Storage is a crucial component of each computer, server, and datacenter, including virtual environments.
By Michael Bose Understanding Virtual Volumes (vVols) in VMware vSphere 6.7 and 7.0
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