In this chapter, we will cover the tasks related to storage performance design. You will learn the following aspects of storage performance design:

• Designing the host for a highly available and high-performance storage
• Designing a highly available and high-performance iSCSI SAN
• Designing a highly available and high-performance FC storage
• Performance impact of queuing on the storage array and host
• Factors that affect storage performance
• Using VAAI or VASA to boost storage performance
• Selecting the right VM disk type
• Monitoring command queuing
• Identifying a severely overloaded storage
• Setting up VVols
• Introduction to vSAN
• Health check for vSAN