Whether you’re already a VMware vSAN enthusiast or you’re seeking to learn how to get the most out of it, you’ll surely find these vSAN-themed VMware Explore sessions informative and fascinating. The experts leading each discussion will all cover something different about vSAN, giving you a well-rounded understanding of the solution. Add these events – breakout sessions, an expert roundtable, a hands-on lab and a theater session – to your agenda. Make sure you sign up before they fill up!
Breakout Sessions:
Unleashing vSAN ESA – An Exploration of HCI and dHCI Deployment Options [CEIB1777LV]
Tuesday, Aug. 22 | 1 – 1:45 pm PDT
Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is a well-known and well-loved IT infrastructure model. vSAN is particularly respected in the field as one of the most flexible and scalable models, revolutionizing deployment and management of virtualized workload storage. But, did you know about the evolution of HCI into disaggregated HCI (dHCI)? Product experts Kristopher Groh and Kalyan Krishnaswamy will explain dHCI and how vSAN Express Storage Architecture powers it.
How to Supercharge Your Migration to vSAN Express Storage Architecture [CEIB1501LV]
Tuesday, Aug. 22 | 2:15 – 3 pm PDT
Migration doesn’t have to be a headache. Parag Joshi, a product manager, and Paudie O’Riordan, a staff solution architect, will discuss the common challenges organizations face while moving to modern storage solutions. They’ll also offer suggestions about sizing, performance and balance, plus a case study on how customers have migrated to vSAN Express Storage Architecture.
It’s a Match- How HCI and VMware Aria Unlocks Your Data Center’s Potential [CEIB2543LV]
Tuesday, Aug. 22 | 1 – 1:45 pm PDT
VMware vSAN and the VMware Aria portfolio are powerful technologies that can be used together to provide a unified platform for data center management. Tom Nagelmeyer, Director of vSAN Product Marketing, will discuss how vSAN and VMware Aria solutions can be used together to provide a comprehensive solution for data center management. This session will cover topics such as improving storage availability and performance, automating day 2 operations and boosting compliance and security.
Tech Deep Dive: vSAN 8 ESA – Performance and Resilience Without Compromise [CEIB1101LV]
Wednesday, Aug. 23 | 9 – 9:45 am PDT
What better way to learn about a VMware service than from the people who created it? Chief Technologist Duncan Epping and Technical Marketing Architect Pete Koehler are the authors of VMware vSAN 8.0 U1 Express Storage Architecture. In this breakout session, they will dive deeply into vSAN 8 Express Storage Architecture, explaining its numerous performance, resilience and operational benefits.
Increasing Availability and Resilience with VMware vSAN Stretched Clusters [CEIB1099LV] -People’s Choice Award Winner
Wednesday, Aug. 23 | 10:15 – 11 am PDT
Even a few minutes of downtime translates to lost dollars and decreased productivity. There’s no arguing that availability and resilience are necessities for any business service. VMware vSAN stretched cluster functionality is the answer. VMware has enhanced and added new features to vSAN stretched clusters over the past few years to further improve its availability, resilience and operational efficiency. Chief Technologist Duncan Epping and Product Line Manager Vivek Pamadi will share best practices and typical implementation to help organizations achieve uptime all the time.
Meet the Expert Roundtable:
Practical vSAN Design and Sizing Guidance [CEIM2536LV]
Tuesday, Aug. 22 | 12 – 12:30 pm PDT
Wednesday, Aug. 23 | 11:30 am – 12 pm PDT
Are you a visual learner? Are you seeking tangible advice to apply to your vSAN-powered environment? Then this whiteboard Meet the Expert Roundtable is a great opportunity for you. Technical Marketing Architect Pete Koehler will draw out the best ways to achieve a resilient, stable and high-performing cluster with vSAN.
Hands-on Labs Expert -led Workshops:
VMware vSAN – Getting Started [ELW-HOL-2409-31-HCI]
Monday, Aug. 21 | 1:15 – 2:45 pm PDT
Tuesday, Aug. 22 | 11:30 am – 1 pm PDT
Wednesday, Aug. 23 | 1:15 – 2:45 pm PDT
This hands-on, expert-led lab is another great opportunity to learn from vSAN champions. Make sure to check in 15 minutes before the start time to learn from cloud infrastructure engineers and architects about various areas of vSAN 8, including storage policy-based management and availability; performance capacity monitoring and management; operations and lifestyle management; and data encryption and security. You can work at your own pace and ask as many questions as you like!
VMware vSAN – Advanced Topics [ELW-HOL-2409-32-HCI]
Monday, Aug. 21 | 3:15 – 4:45 pm PDT
Thursday, August 24 | 9:30 am – 11:00 am PDT
This lab will cover advanced features of vSAN, VMware’s market-leading HCI platform, including File Services – configure vSAN to enable NFS/SMB shares to provide file services for end users and applications; vSAN Stretched Cluster Architecture – enhance availability by stretching a vSAN cluster across sites.
Theater Session:
An Introduction to and Demo of VMware vSAN [VBT3477LV]
Wednesday, Aug. 23 | 4:30 – 4:50 pm PDT
In just 20 minutes, Senior Engineer Miguel Medina will introduce and demonstrate vSAN Express Storage Architecture, highlighting its incredible performance, capacity utilization and data protection benefits.
View all the other informative sessions you can expect in Las Vegas in the content catalog. And if you’re not signed up to attend, it’s not too late. Register for VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas August 21st -24th today!
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