About This Architecture

Dual-site VMware SAN infrastructure with NetApp FAS arrays provides stretched storage fabric for disaster recovery and business continuity. Three ESXi hosts at the primary site connect via 8Gb Fibre Channel SAN switches to NetApp FAS2552 primary storage, while a remote site hosts NetApp FAS2554 secondary storage synchronized over WAN/IP network. vCenter Server and NetApp ONTAP Manager coordinate management across both sites, with dedicated 10G switches handling vMotion and VM traffic. This architecture enables seamless VM migration between sites, synchronized replication, and fault tolerance without single points of failure. Fork and customize this diagram on Diagrams.so to match your specific site topology, switch models, or replication policies.

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This diagram shows a stretched VMware SAN architecture where three ESXi hosts at the primary site connect via dual 8Gb Fibre Channel switches to NetApp FAS2552 storage, while NetApp FAS2554 at the remote site replicates data over WAN/IP. vCenter Server and NetApp ONTAP Manager coordinate management and replication policies across both sites, enabling zero-downtime VM migration and automated failov