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October 10, 2011
vSphere Storage Appliance: The fruit of a conflict of interest
The new vSphere Storage Appliance has serious limits. Is the EMC relationship keeping VMware from realizing its full potential?
Follow @infoworldAs I mentioned in my wrap-up of VMworld 2011, one of the shiny new VMware products to hit the shelves this year is the vSphere Storage Appliance, or VSA. The VSA delivers SAN-like features to small businesses that may not have the budget, staffing, or technical sophistication to purchase a real SAN.
But the initial release of the VSA is marred by a number of serious deployment and scalability limitations. The real story behind VMware's introduction of the VSA has less to do with the VSA itself and more with VMware's relationship with its partners and its parent company, EMC.
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