Hardware requirements typically include:

• vSphere-compatible hardware with at least 2 CPU cores per host.
• 10 GB of RAM or more per host.
• Solid-state drives (SSD) for caching and HDDs or additional SSDs for storage capacity.
• 10 GbE network connectivity or higher for optimal performance.

vSAN Standard 7 offers basic HCI capabilities such as storage rules, fault tolerance, and connection with VMware vSphere. Some advanced capabilities, such as Storage DRS, vSAN File Services, and encryption, are only accessible in higher editions, such as Advanced or Enterprise Plus.

VMware vSAN Standard 7 is a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) system that combines storage with VMware vSphere to deliver scalable, high-performance virtual machine storage.