Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
vSAN is described as 'Is enterprise-class, storage virtualization software that, when combined with vSphere, allows you to manage compute and storage with a single platform' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to vSAN for a variety of platforms, including Linux, VMware vSphere Hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Windows and Ubuntu apps. The best vSAN alternative is ESOS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like vSAN are Open-E Data Storage Software SOHO, NexentaStor, StorMagic SvSAN and StorPool.
Open-E Data Storage Software V7 SOHO (Small Office Home Office) is a free version of Open-E DSS V7, previously known as Open-E DSS V7 Lite. With SOHO, you can take advantage of basic functionalities of our fully featured NAS / SAN software...




Network Storage Appliance featuring the zfs filesystem, which provides block-level checksumming & automated tier management most notably.
StorMagic SvSAN is a highly available hyperconverged storage solution using only two servers and protects data with encryption features and key management.



StorPool is an intelligent software-defined storage solution that allows service providers, enterprises and other Cloud builders to run data storage on standard x86 servers, instead of on expensive and inefficient storage arrays (SANs).



Simplyblock is a software-defined high-performance data storage technology that could be deployed in your own cloud account.

Dell EMC UnityVSA lets you deploy Dell EMC Unity unified storage as a virtual storage appliance. Dell EMC UnityVSA is software-defined storage that runs on industry-standard hardware and VMware ESXi, which you supply.
DataCore SANsymphony is an enterprise-class platform that provides a high-performance, highly available, and agile storage infrastructure with the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
StarWind VSAN eliminates any need in physical shared storage by simply mirroring internal hard disks and flash between hypervisor servers. It maintains high performance and data high availability on minimalistic resources.

OviOS Linux is a specialized Linux distribution aimed at creating the fastest and easiest Linux unified storage server. It requires no knowledge of Linux, NFS, SMB or iSCSI protocols to create a fully functional storage server in less than 10 minutes, simply by following the 4...




LINBIT® VSAN SDS for VMware is a software defined storage solution for small and medium-sized VMware® deployments. It is also usable on an Oracle VM Server for x86 installation or any other Hypervisor software.



