VASA Provider built-in on controller vs. VM

thomasb82 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:03:07 GMT

Hi NetApp,

I see some other vendors have the VASA provider built-in on their controllers.

I like that approach as this becomes more and more critical. It would be easier / faster to deploy and I'm sure it would be more reliable.

What are your thoughts?

Re: VASA Provider built-in on controller vs. VM

asulliva — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 14:17:02 GMT

Hello @thomasb82,

While the ONTAP VASA Provider is an appliance, SolidFire's implementation is a part of the cluster. Both models have their advantages and disadvantages, unfortunately I don't know the engineering or product management decision process that led to each implementation.

If you haven't already, I highly recommend you check out SolidFire's VVOLs features. There is lots of really great functionality there, and it further removes storage management overhead from the virtualization administrator. It's a great example of just how simple storage for virtualization can be, while at the same time not sacrificing features or functionality.

Hope that helps.

Andrew

topic Re: VASA Provider built-in on controller vs. VM in VMware Solutions Discussions

VASA Provider built-in on controller vs. VM

Re: VASA Provider built-in on controller vs. VM