Category: vmware exit

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Day 2 Storage Operations After the VMware Exit: Snapshot, DR, and Observability on Disaggregated NVMe/TCP

Rob Pankow

Jun 29th, 2026 | 11 min read

Day 2 Storage Operations After the VMware Exit: Snapshot, DR, and Observability on Disaggregated NVMe/TCP

The VMware migration plan covers what you are leaving. It rarely covers what you need to operate after the exit. vCenter handled snapshots, replication, and storage observability automatically. Kubernetes does not. This guide walks through how disaggregated NVMe/TCP delivers all three as native capabilities of the storage layer, without an overlay.

After the VMware Exit: Replacing Overlay Storage on Kubernetes with Disaggregated NVMe/TCP

Rob Pankow

Jun 26th, 2026 | 11 min read

After the VMware Exit: Replacing Overlay Storage on Kubernetes with Disaggregated NVMe/TCP

Most VMware migration guides cover what you're leaving. Almost none address the storage decision on the other side. Teams that migrate to Kubernetes without rethinking storage end up rebuilding the same hyper-converged coupling problem they escaped — just in container form. This guide explains the overlay storage tax, why it replicates vSAN's failure modes, and how disaggregated NVMe/TCP breaks the pattern.

vSAN Exit Cost Economics: Broadcom Licensing vs. Disaggregated NVMe/TCP

Rob Pankow

Jun 25th, 2026 | 11 min read

vSAN Exit Cost Economics: Broadcom Licensing vs. Disaggregated NVMe/TCP

Broadcom's post-acquisition pricing reset pushed vSAN licensing from a predictable line item to a per-core contract that scales with every server refresh. This guide models the real cost of VMware vSAN at 200 cores under VCF and VVF, compares it to commodity NVMe/TCP storage, and explains what the per-core number actually omits.