A housing-authority project manager says the city's software-defined data center is complete because vSAN is in production. What is missing from that definition?
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Short Explanation
vSAN is the city's shared storage closet, not the whole building. An SDDC still needs virtualized hosts and virtualized networks sitting next to that storage. Calling the housing authority "done" because the file room is open leaves the rest of campus unbuilt.
Full Explanation
In the VMware SDDC model, compute (vSphere/ESXi), storage (vSAN or equivalent virtualized storage), and networking (NSX-T) are three software-defined pillars. vSAN virtualizes storage across hosts; it does not virtualize switching, routing, or firewalling, and it is not a substitute for hypervisor compute. Completing only the storage pillar leaves the city with virtualized disks on a still-traditional network. Horizon is an EUC product and is not an SDDC networking pillar.