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Storage best practices
This page presents information about storage best practices for Google Cloud VMware Engine.
VMware Engine supports three storage backends: vSAN, Filestore,
and Google Cloud NetApp Volumes. Each of these have their own sets of best
practices and fine-tuning recommendations.
For best practices pertaining to Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, a first-party
Google offering for NetApp storage in the cloud, see Performance considerations.
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