vSAN and QNAP compatibility

[solutepk]

I have question about compatibility of QNAP with vSAN

Now I have 2 node of ESXi that connected to 5 QNAP as Datastore via 1GBase-T

1. TS-453BU-RP   1
2. TS-431U            2
3. TS-453U-RP      2

But i need to do HA by using this 2 node with vSphere Essential plus with vSAN

and the point is could i using these QNAP as datastore and do HA on vSAN?? R them compatible??

Thanks!!

[TheBobkin]

Hello solutepk​

Welcome to Communities.

It is supported to attach any VMFS datastore from a supported storage platform to nodes in a vSAN cluster.

That being said, your question isn't very clear - what do you mean by "do HA on vSAN", are you referring to VMs configured with FT?

Or are you referring to how you should configure HA ?(e.g. using these VMFS as heartbeat datastores etc.)

Bob

[solutepk]

TheBobkin​ Sorry for unclear question

I'm just not sure that following model of QNAP are "supported storage with vSAN" or not

because i'm not used to use a small NAS as datastore with vSAN and concern that if the project was ran, there will be any issue?

If i used these QNAP as datastore while using vSAN.

Pls help, Thanks.

[TheBobkin]

Hello solutepk​,

Just to clarify - you want to use a QNAP NAS as external storage attached to a vSAN cluster (that obviously has its own local storage forming the vsandatastore)?

Provided the NAS you are using is supported for the version of ESXi in use it is fine.

Bob

[solutepk]

TheBobkin​​ Hi,

Yes, I want to use a QNAP NAS as external storage attached to a vSAN cluster.

Okay, That's mean i can use it. Which protocol i must use NFS or iSCSI for best practice.

Thanks

[TheBobkin]

Hello solutepk​,

Use whichever protocol the vendor recommends and/or is preferred - as I said, vSAN doesn't particularly care what external storage you use provided it is supported for the ESXi version in use.

Bob