#120 - Announcing VCF Native S3 Object Storage, featuring Rakesh!

#120 - Announcing VCF Native S3 Object Storage, featuring Rakesh!

From Unexplored Territory by Duncan Epping

June 7, 2026 · 28 min

About this episode

This episode explores the newly announced VCF Native S3 Object Storage feature with guest Rakesh.

VCF Native S3 Object Storage is a major feature that was announced with VCF 9.1. Pete Koehler introduced it in episode 118 and I wanted to explore what it is all about in this episode with Rakesh. Rakesh goes over what was announced with 9.1, what the timelines look like, discusses the use cases for the platform, and reveals what you can expect in the (near) future. All the topics and links discussed can be found here: https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/05/13/native-s3-compatible-object-storage-in-vmware-vsan-for-vcf-9-1/ https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/05/05/announcing_vsan_in_vcf_9-1/ Disclaimer : VCF Native S3 Object Storage has not been released yet, it has only been announced. As Rakesh has mentioned, the plan is to release it in a future patch release as a tech preview, followed by an "MVP" release after that. As always, there's no commitment to any timeline or delivery of any feature at this stage.

People in this episode

Host: Duncan Epping

Guest: Rakesh

Topics covered

  • S3 Object Storage
  • VCF 9.1
  • Cloud Computing
  • VMware
  • Tech Preview
  • Future Releases

Keywords

  • VCF Native S3 Object Storage
  • Rakesh
  • VCF 9.1
  • VMware
  • Cloud Foundation
  • Tech Preview
  • Object Storage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: VMware, VMware vSAN

Products: VCF Native S3 Object Storage, VCF 9.1

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