Minimum number of ESXi hosts required on vSAN clusters for deployment of VCF Management Domain

Products

• VMware vSAN

Issue/Introduction

The design of a vSphere cluster is a subject to a minimum number of hosts, design requirements, and design recommendations.

There are specific minimums required for the the Management Domain of a VMware Cloud Foundation environment.

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation

Resolution

For the Management Domain on the default cluster of a VMware Cloud Foundation environment, the minimum requirements are as follows:

 

Single Availability Zone (Standard vSAN cluster): 4 x ESXi hosts

Two Availability Zones (Stretched vSAN cluster): 8 x ESXi hosts (4 on each site.)

Additional Information

vSphere Cluster Design for VMware Cloud Foundation - Broadcom Tech Docs:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-5-2-and-earlier/5-2/vcf-design-5-2/vsphere-design-for-vmware-cloud-foundation/vcf-vsphere-cluster-design.html