VMware vSAN OSA and ESA overview.

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 VMware vSAN 8™, Introduces the revolutionary Express Storage Architecture™.  This is an optional, alternative storage architecture to the vSAN original storage architecture also found in vSAN 8.  When running on qualified hardware in approved vSAN ReadyNodes, the vSAN Express storage architecture will offer supreme levels of performance, scalability, resilience, and data services without compromising performance.  The vSAN Express Storage Architecture unlocks the capabilities of modern hardware to allow the workloads of today and tomorrow.


Below are some key differences between OSA and ESA Architecture.


OSA: Original Storage Architecture

1. OSA is a vSAN Distributed File System (vDFS)

2. Drives like SSDs, HDDs, and hybrid supported by OSA.

3. 1 Cache drive per Disk group is supported by OSA.

4. Hardware requirements for OSA is Varies as per vSAN config.

5. With OSA we can get good performance by leveraging different RAID policies with stripping options.

6. OSA is using disk groups with caching devices. It can be configured with various hardware, including spinning disks.

7. OSA can run on vSphere 6.x,7.x and 8.x versions.

8. Minimum 10Gbps network required for host networking.

9. Minimum storage device required to configure OSA is 2.

 

ESA:  Express Storage Architecture

1. ESA is a Log Structured File System (vSAN LFS)

2. Drives Certified with NVMe SSDs are supported by ESA.

3. There are no disk groups, hence no caching drive needed.

4. ESA supports only vSAN ReadyNodes.

5. Performance is excellent with ESA as compared to OSA.

6. ESA uses a storage pool instead of disk groups. This makes it more storage effective.

7. ESA is available from vSphere 8.x version only.

8. Minimum 25GBps network required for host networking.

9. Minimum storage device required to configure ESA is 4.


For more information about VMware vSAN ESA, refer below article.

https://core.vmware.com/blog/comparing-original-storage-architecture-vsan-8-express-storage-architecture


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