Storage provisioning operations in vSphere enable VASA to monitor whether a storage array's physical components meet VM requirements according to defined capabilities. Available capabilities and their common performance ranges are listed in the Table 1.
Storage capabilities | Common use/Performance range |
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SSDs | |
SSDs-Thin | |
10K/15K Drives | |
10K/15K Drives-Thin |
|
NLSAS Drives | |
NLSAS Drives-Thin | |
Replicated SSDs | |
Replicated 10K/15K Drives | |
Replicated NLSAS Drives |
For assigning these capabilities in vSphere, see Using the VASA provider .