School is back in session, and you know what that means – it is time to refresh your knowledge of everything VMware vSAN! With our new Foundations of vSAN Architecture YouTube series – led by John Nicholson and Pete Koehler of VMware – you’ll achieve a deeper understanding of vSAN storage virtualization, starting with our new vSAN 8 with vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA).
Tune in every week to our ongoing Foundations of vSAN Architecture lightboard video series as the vSAN team breaks down the basics of the storage management solution using digestible and easy-to-follow hand-written notes and drawings. See what we have posted so far by checking out the links below:
What is vSAN?
![What is vSAN?](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-1.48.19-PM-1024x533.png)
What is Express Storage Architecture (ESA) in vSAN?
![What is Express Storage Architecture (ESA) in vSAN?](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-2.35.53-PM-1024x527.png)
Comparing vSAN ESA to OSA
![Comparing vSAN ESA to OSA](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-3.40.50-PM-1024x530.png)
Native Scalable Snapshots in the vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA)
![Native Scalable Snapshots in the vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA)](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-3.47.28-PM-1024x531.png)
Erasure Coding at the Performance of RAID-1 in the vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA)
![Erasure Coding at the Performance of RAID-1 in the vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA)](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-20-at-9.31.33-AM-1024x531.png)
Top 5 Things to Know About vSAN Networking
![Top 5 Things to Know About vSAN Networking](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-20-at-9.33.44-AM-1024x533.png)
vSAN’s Approach to Resilient Data Storage, and How it Compares to Traditional Storage
![vSAN's Approach to Resilient Data Storage, and How it Compares to Traditional Storage](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-27-at-11.36.53-AM-1024x522.png)
Data Placement and Resilience in ESA
![Data Placement and Resilience in ESA](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-27-at-11.38.02-AM-1024x522.png)
Resilient Data Storage – Understanding Failures to Tolerate (FTT) in vSAN
![](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-04-at-12.02.10-PM-1024x533.png)
HCI Mesh in vSAN
![](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-04-at-12.03.32-PM-1024x532.png)
Space Efficient Data Placement Schemes in vSAN
![](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-11-at-11.51.12-AM-1024x519.png)
Understanding vSAN 2 Node Clusters
![](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-11-at-11.52.23-AM-1024x518.png)
Understanding vSAN Stretched Clusters
![](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-18-at-11.45.48-AM-1024x519.png)
vSAN File Services
![](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-18-at-11.46.51-AM-1024x516.png)
Persistent Volumes for Kubernetes in vSAN
![](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-9.29.03-AM-1024x529.png)
Storage Reclamation in vSAN
![](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-9.30.52-AM-1024x530.png)
Using Disk Groups in the Original Storage Architecture
![](https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-9.31.55-AM-1024x531.png)
Keep Learning about vSAN:
1. Learn more about VMware vSAN 8 and the new vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA)
2. Stay updated on the ongoing Foundations of vSAN Architecture lightboard series on YouTube
3. Take a technical deep dive on Tech Zone
4. Follow vSAN on Twitter and LinkedIn
5. Learn more about vSAN