Aparna Somaiah

Aparna is a Product Manager with the Storage and Availability business unit where she focuses on the vSAN tools. She holds a BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

Recent Posts

Announcing the new VMware HCI Assessment

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  New HCI Assessment powered by Live Optics     We are launching a new Assessment tool called the VMware HCI Assessment powered by the industry leading Live Optics (formerly DPACK.) Live Optics is a tool widely adopted across the industry which is used to capture workload metrics which allows customers to assess their current Read more...

vSAN Online Health checks: New KBs now available

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The vSAN team recently added the following new kbs to vSAN Online Health Checks vCenter Server up to date check - This health check scans the vCenter Server version to check for compatibility with the managed host. If the host is not compatible, the health will recommend the vCenter version that a user should upgrade Read more...

PM Hub: Better Site Protection with Stretched Clusters

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Introducing PM Hub: Your one stop show for all things Storage Product Management related Today, we the Storage and Availability Product Management team, are proud to announce the launch of a new blog series called PM Hub. With this series, we aim to bring you a Product Manager's perspective of features available in vSAN, vVols, Read more...

Containers and Persistent Storage Meetup: Register Now!

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Microservices based architecture for IT applications has been a trend that has fundamentally changed how organizations deliver and manage solutions. Microservices has given rise to the need for a faster and more agile way of doing things and this has led to the emergence of Containers.    Containers have proven ideal for running stateless applications where Read more...

VSAN Assessment: What’s New

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The VSAN Assessment is a free SaaS based tool which gives you a comprehensive analysis of your vSphere environment and highlights the value of VSAN if implemented. With the VSAN Assessment you can: Identify which VMs are a suitable candidate for VSAN – All Flash or Hybrid View Sizing and Hardware recommendations (# of servers, SSD) Read more...