An administrator is tasked with sharing storage from one vSAN cluster to another vSAN cluster. SPBM management must be preserved end-to-end, and the policy must be applied by the source vSAN cluster which is storing the data. Both vSAN clusters are managed by the same vCenter server.
What should the administrator configure?
To share storage between two vSAN clusters while preserving SPBM management end-to-end, the administrator should configure HCI Mesh on vSAN. HCI Mesh allows multiple independent vSAN clusters to interconnect and share resources such as storage, enabling one cluster to mount datastores from another. This method ensures that storage policies applied by the source vSAN cluster are maintained, fulfilling the requirement of preserving SPBM management. Additionally, since both vSAN clusters are managed by the same vCenter server, HCI Mesh can be effectively utilized to achieve the desired configuration.
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C for sure HCI Mesh is a unique, software-based approach for disaggregation of compute and storage resources. HCI Mesh brings together multiple independent vSAN clusters for a native, cross-cluster architecture that disaggregates resources and enables utilization of stranded capacity. Simply, vSAN allows one or more vSAN clusters to remotely mount datastores from other vSAN clusters (servers) within vCenter inventory. This approach maintains the essence and simplicity of HCI by not fundamentally changing the existing HCI model or requiring specialized hardware. Now, a cluster with excess compute can mount excess storage from a remote vSAN cluster.