Does vmware essentials plus support host level ssd cache

[samanmal]

Hello all,

we are selecting hardware for 3 node cluster with vmware essentials plus kit.

Does vmware essentials plus license support adding nvme ssd for host level cache ?

Thanks in advance,

Sajitha

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

vFRC required Enterprise Plus licensing, but it has been deprecated.
See https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2019/04/vflash-read-cache-deprecation-announced.html

André

[samanmal]

Hello,

Thank you! your link is useful for me. Please help on below if possible.

We plan to deploy Vmware essential plus 3 node hybrid storage cluster with budget on mind.

For hybrid storage on Vsan, plan is 2 disk groups per host to have better speed / data risk , each disk group with 480Gb nvme ssd for cache and 3 SAS 10K for capacity. Do we have to setup raid5 on 3 SAS disks/ raid10 on 4 disks  ? 

Will we get better performance by going single disk group per esxi host and have raid10 capacity layer ?, compared to 2 disk groups per host

Note : we expect to use Supermicro X11DDW-NT ,C622 chipset and run latest Esxi version

Thanks in advance!

Sajitha