What types of datastores are supported by VMware?

VMware supports a range of datastore types, and the correct choice highlights three prominent types: VMFS, NFS, and vSAN.

VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) is a high-performance file system specifically designed for storing virtual machine files on block storage. It allows multiple ESXi hosts to read and write to the same storage concurrently, facilitating the efficient sharing of resources among virtual machines.

NFS (Network File System) is another supported datastore type that allows for file-based storage over the network. It is commonly used for its ease of management and compatibility with existing network storage protocols, making it popular for environments that require shared storage without the complexity of managing block storage.

vSAN (Virtual SAN) is VMware's hyper-converged infrastructure solution, which integrates compute and storage. It pools storage resources from multiple hosts in a cluster and enables the creation of datastores from the disks in those hosts. This allows for efficient scaling and management of storage alongside virtual machine workloads.

The other choices do not accurately reflect the supported datastores in VMware. FCP (Fibre Channel Protocol) is a transport protocol rather than a datastore type, while HTTP is a protocol for transferring data, not used for storing virtual machine data in VMware environments. GPT