VMware Virtual SAN 6 Advanced License for 1 Processor
This VMware Virtual SAN 6 Advanced license provides advanced storage virtualization capabilities for a single processor, enabling enhanced data management and performance for your business operations.
- Advanced Features: Unlock sophisticated storage management, deduplication, and compression for optimized capacity.
- Performance Enhancement: Improve application performance through intelligent caching and I/O optimization.
- Scalability: Easily scale storage resources as your business demands grow, without significant hardware investment.
- Compliance & Stability: Maintain regulatory compliance and ensure data integrity with advanced storage features.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The VMware Virtual SAN 6 Advanced license is a platform software subscription designed to unlock the full potential of software-defined storage. It provides advanced features such as deduplication, compression, and encryption, significantly enhancing storage efficiency and data security for virtualized environments.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who are managing their own virtualized infrastructure. It integrates directly into the vSphere environment, allowing for unified management of compute and storage resources.
- Software-Defined Storage: Transform direct attached storage into a virtualized SAN.
- Advanced Data Services: Includes deduplication, compression, and encryption for efficiency and security.
- Performance Optimization: Enhances I/O performance with intelligent caching and tiering.
- Simplified Management: Integrates with vCenter Server for unified control.
- Cost Efficiency: Reduces the need for traditional SAN hardware, lowering TCO.
This advanced license empowers SMB and mid-market teams to achieve enterprise-grade storage capabilities without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Storage Efficiency
Enable teams to significantly reduce storage footprint by utilizing deduplication and compression. Streamline data management by applying these advanced services directly to virtual machine storage.
virtualized server environments, hyperconverged infrastructure, vSphere deployments
Enhance Data Security
Automate data encryption at the storage level, protecting sensitive business information. Protect against data breaches by ensuring all data stored on the virtual SAN is encrypted.
compliance-driven operations, sensitive data handling, secure data storage
Improve Application Performance
Streamline application performance by leveraging intelligent caching and I/O optimization features. Ensure critical business applications have fast and reliable access to their data.
performance-sensitive workloads, business-critical applications, virtual desktop infrastructure
Key Features
Deduplication and Compression
Reduces storage capacity requirements, lowering costs and improving efficiency.
Encryption
Protects sensitive data at rest, ensuring compliance and security.
I/O Caching
Accelerates application performance by serving frequently accessed data from faster storage tiers.
Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM)
Simplifies storage management by allowing policies to define storage characteristics for VMs.
Integration with vSphere
Provides a unified management experience for compute and storage within the familiar vCenter interface.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust data security and compliance, making advanced encryption and data management features essential for protecting sensitive customer information and meeting regulatory demands.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle vast amounts of sensitive patient data, necessitating secure storage solutions with advanced encryption and high availability to comply with HIPAA and ensure uninterrupted access to critical medical records.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies manage confidential client data, requiring secure, efficient, and compliant storage solutions to protect privileged information and maintain client trust.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers often deal with large datasets for operational technology and IoT, benefiting from efficient storage solutions that can scale cost-effectively and provide reliable performance for data-intensive applications.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is VMware Virtual SAN 6 Advanced?
VMware Virtual SAN 6 Advanced is a software-defined storage solution that pools direct-attached storage from servers into a single virtualized SAN. The Advanced edition includes features like deduplication, compression, and encryption.
What does 'for 1 Proc' mean?
This license is priced and licensed based on the number of physical processors in the servers participating in the Virtual SAN cluster. 'For 1 Proc' indicates the license is for a single processor.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is valid for a defined term and requires renewal to continue using the software and receiving updates and support.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.