VMware App Volumes Specialist (2021) — Question 37

A customer is planning to migrate their physical Microsoft SQL Server clustered workloads to vSAN enabled vSphere clusters.
The following requirements must be met:
✑ Each MSSQL cluster is made up of 3 nodes
✑ Highest possible availability against node failures
✑ Some of the vSAN clusters will only consume storage
What should the architect recommend?

Answer options

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The vSAN iSCSI Target Service allows for high availability and is suitable for clustered SQL workloads, meeting the requirement of maximizing availability during node failures. Stretched vSAN Clusters would provide high availability but may not align with the storage-only requirement. vSAN Direct and vSAN File Services do not specifically address the clustered SQL Server needs as effectively as the iSCSI Target Service.