vSAN Alternative
Storage Designed to Grow Smoothly, Not Expensively
It’s surprising how fast storage limits show up when vSAN begins to scale. The hardware rules and licence jumps often create friction long before workloads peak. By bringing simplyblock into your setup, you get open hardware choices, smooth scaling, and a high-performance architecture that works across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments with less operational strain. This gives you a strong vSAN alternative that keeps your storage flexible as your infrastructure expands.
Barriers to Smooth Growth with vSAN
Limited Flexibility
vSAN relies on strict hardware rules, limiting how fast environments can expand and creating scaling barriers for growing setups.
Hardware Lock-In
vSAN links performance and growth to fixed hardware profiles, reducing flexibility and preventing teams from reusing existing resources.
Performance Limits
Under heavy activity, vSAN can face latency spikes and uneven performance, slowing critical workloads and lowering overall efficiency.
Storage That Doesn’t Limit Your Growth
vSAN can slow expansion with fixed hardware rules and rising costs. Simplyblock gives you a smoother way to scale storage with stronger control and better efficiency.
One Storage Platform for Any Cluster
Storage should fit your setup, not the other way around. Simplyblock works across hyperconverged, disaggregated, and container-native deployments without tying you to a single platform. It runs smoothly on bare-metal servers, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, or mixed environments.
This flexibility makes it easy to deploy, manage, and scale storage without relying on fixed hardware lists or rigid platform rules—something vSAN often struggles with.
Performance That Rises as You Grow
Every new node added to simplyblock increases both performance and capacity, allowing growth without complex tuning. NVMe-over-TCP ensures low-latency access and high throughput, even at larger scales.
Instead of traditional RAID, simplyblock uses efficient data-protection techniques that reduce overhead and simplify maintenance. The result is a storage architecture that scales cleanly with your workloads and supports long-term expansion without hidden limits.
How Simplyblock Makes a Difference
Cost Control
Running on standard hardware avoids vSAN’s licence jumps, helping reduce costs and keeping capacity expansion predictable for growing setups.
Steady Performance
With fast NVMe storage and efficient data paths, simplyblock maintains low latency and high throughput even as clusters scale under heavy workloads.
Flexible Deployment
Simplyblock runs across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem setups without fixed hardware lists, giving you freedom to expand without platform restrictions.
Strong Data Protection
Efficient recovery and resilience protect data during node failures, reducing risk and keeping operations stable in demanding environments.
Simplyblock A Storage Option You Can Rely On
| Simplyblock | vSAN | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Protection |
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| Uses efficient erasure coding for strong protection. vSAN often ties protection to fixed RAID-based profiles. |
| Self-Healing |
|
 | Automatically rebuilds and recovers nodes, while vSAN may require manual steps depending on the cluster state. |
| Recovery Speed |
|
| Offers fast recovery with snapshots and low RPO, while vSAN recovery times vary based on hardware and policies. |
| Integrity Monitoring |
|
| Continuously checks and repairs data integrity issues. vSAN relies on scheduled checks and manual verification. |
| Data Protection | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Uses efficient erasure coding for strong protection. vSAN often ties protection to fixed RAID-based profiles. | |
| Self-Healing | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Automatically rebuilds and recovers nodes, while vSAN may require manual steps depending on the cluster state. | |
| Recovery Speed | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Offers fast recovery with snapshots and low RPO, while vSAN recovery times vary based on hardware and policies. | |
| Integrity Monitoring | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Continuously checks and repairs data integrity issues. vSAN relies on scheduled checks and manual verification. | |
| Simplyblock | vSAN | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage Speed |
|
| Delivers low-latency, high-throughput performance with NVMe-based paths. vSAN performance depends on approved hardware. |
| Scalability |
|
| Expands smoothly with added nodes. vSAN scaling is tied to strict hardware profiles and licence levels. |
| IOPS Performance |
|
| Achieves high IOPS without extra hardware, while vSAN often needs certified upgrades for higher performance. |
| Caching |
|
| Auto-optimises caching with no manual tuning. vSAN caching requires hardware matching and policy adjustments. |
| Storage Speed | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Delivers low-latency, high-throughput performance with NVMe-based paths. vSAN performance depends on approved hardware. | |
| Scalability | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Expands smoothly with added nodes. vSAN scaling is tied to strict hardware profiles and licence levels. | |
| IOPS Performance | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Achieves high IOPS without extra hardware, while vSAN often needs certified upgrades for higher performance. | |
| Caching | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Auto-optimises caching with no manual tuning. vSAN caching requires hardware matching and policy adjustments. | |
| Simplyblock | vSAN | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware Flexibility |
|
| Runs on standard x64 and ARM64 hardware. vSAN depends on certified hardware lists. |
| Licensing |
|
| Includes advanced features without extra licence tiers. vSAN costs rise significantly with added features. |
| Storage Efficiency |
|
| Maximises capacity with thin provisioning and smart data placement. vSAN often underutilises space due to hardware limits. |
| Upgrade Costs |
|
| Avoids forced hardware refreshes. vSAN scaling typically requires new certified nodes to match cluster rules. |
| Hardware Flexibility | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Runs on standard x64 and ARM64 hardware. vSAN depends on certified hardware lists. | |
| Licensing | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Includes advanced features without extra licence tiers. vSAN costs rise significantly with added features. | |
| Storage Efficiency | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Maximises capacity with thin provisioning and smart data placement. vSAN often underutilises space due to hardware limits. | |
| Upgrade Costs | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Avoids forced hardware refreshes. vSAN scaling typically requires new certified nodes to match cluster rules. | |
| Simplyblock | vSAN | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Protection |
|
| Uses efficient erasure coding to reduce overhead and improve resilience. vSAN uses fixed RAID profiles for protection. |
| Self-Healing |
|
| Automatically recovers from node failures. vSAN recovery may require manual oversight depending on cluster state. |
| Recovery Speed |
|
| Provides quick recovery with snapshot-based options. vSAN recovery can vary based on policy and hardware. |
| Integrity Monitoring |
|
| Continuously monitors and repairs data integrity. vSAN typically uses periodic checks that require manual attention. |
| Data Protection | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Uses efficient erasure coding to reduce overhead and improve resilience. vSAN uses fixed RAID profiles for protection. | |
| Self-Healing | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Automatically recovers from node failures. vSAN recovery may require manual oversight depending on cluster state. | |
| Recovery Speed | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Provides quick recovery with snapshot-based options. vSAN recovery can vary based on policy and hardware. | |
| Integrity Monitoring | |
|
Simplyblock
|
vSAN |
| Continuously monitors and repairs data integrity. vSAN typically uses periodic checks that require manual attention. | |
| Simplyblock | vSAN | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Protection |
|
| Uses efficient erasure coding for strong protection. vSAN often ties protection to fixed RAID-based profiles. |
| Self-Healing |
|
| Automatically rebuilds and recovers nodes, while vSAN may require manual steps depending on the cluster state. |
| Recovery Speed |
|
| Offers fast recovery with snapshots and low RPO, while vSAN recovery times vary based on hardware and policies. |
| Integrity Monitoring |
|
| Continuously checks and repairs data integrity issues. vSAN relies on scheduled checks and manual verification. |
| Simplyblock | vSAN | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage Speed |
|
| Delivers low-latency, high-throughput performance with NVMe-based paths. vSAN performance depends on approved hardware. |
| Scalability |
|
| Expands smoothly with added nodes. vSAN scaling is tied to strict hardware profiles and licence levels. |
| IOPS Performance |
|
| Achieves high IOPS without extra hardware, while vSAN often needs certified upgrades for higher performance. |
| Caching |
|
| Auto-optimises caching with no manual tuning. vSAN caching requires hardware matching and policy adjustments. |
| Simplyblock | vSAN | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware Flexibility |
|
| Runs on standard x64 and ARM64 hardware. vSAN depends on certified hardware lists. |
| Licensing |
|
| Includes advanced features without extra licence tiers. vSAN costs rise significantly with added features. |
| Storage Efficiency |
|
| Maximises capacity with thin provisioning and smart data placement. vSAN often underutilises space due to hardware limits. |
| Upgrade Costs |
|
| Avoids forced hardware refreshes. vSAN scaling typically requires new certified nodes to match cluster rules. |
| Simplyblock | vSAN | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Protection |
|
| Uses efficient erasure coding to reduce overhead and improve resilience. vSAN uses fixed RAID profiles for protection. |
| Self-Healing |
|
| Automatically recovers from node failures. vSAN recovery may require manual oversight depending on cluster state. |
| Recovery Speed |
|
| Provides quick recovery with snapshot-based options. vSAN recovery can vary based on policy and hardware. |
| Integrity Monitoring |
|
| Continuously monitors and repairs data integrity. vSAN typically uses periodic checks that require manual attention. |