Scott Lowe writing for Wikibon comments:
The release of the first beta of VMware’s VSAN product has spurred a surge of interest in the hyperconverged infrastructure space. VSAN is VMware’s software solution, which converts server-based storage into a Virtual SAN and is intended to replace traditional networked storage arrays. Hyperconverged infrastructure takes an appliance-based approach to convergence using, in general, commodity x86-based hardware and internal storage rather than traditional storage array architectures. Hyperconverged appliances are purpose-built hardware devices.
Scott really takes VSAN apart in this post and compares it to some of the hottest convergence companies out there, like Scale Computing, SimpliVity, and Nutanix.
Read more: VMware VSAN Vs The Simplicity Of Hyperconvergence
