Cloud Storage: It's Not Just For Hyperscalers Anymore!
Techstrong.IT, Monday, August 11th, 2025
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 introduces a comprehensive suite of storage enhancements that significantly improve performance, scalability, and operational efficiency.
At the heart of these improvements is VMware vSAN 9.0, which powers the storage layer of VCF and brings advanced capabilities such as global deduplication, enhanced monitoring, and multi-site operations.
One of the standout features in VCF 9.0 is the introduction of global deduplication in vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA). This feature allows for cluster-wide deduplication, optimizing storage efficiency across the entire vSAN cluster. This is in contrast to the deduplication capabilities of the Original Storage Architecture (OSA), which could only reduce data within a single disk group and was isolated to a single server.