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Dropbox vs vSAN

A side-by-side look at Dropbox and vSAN. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Dropbox

Dropbox

File Sharing

Dropbox is a file hosting service that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Dropbox allows users to create a special folder on their computers, which Dropbox then synchronizes so that it appears to be the same folder (with the same contents) regardless of which device is used to view it.

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vSAN

vSAN

System & Hardware

vSAN is VMware's hyperconverged infrastructure software for building scalable and high-performance storage with direct-attached storage devices. It pools cluster resources to create logical storage pools for virtual machines.

storagevirtualizationvmwarehyperconverged-infrastructure

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