# 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 vSAN storage best practices, see
  [Storage Design Considerations](https://core.vmware.com/resource/vmware-vsan-design-guide#section5)
  in the vSAN Design Guide.

- For best practices pertaining to Filestore, a Google-native
  file-sharing product, see [Optimize and test instance performance](https://docs.cloud.google.com/filestore/docs/performance).

- For best practices pertaining to Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, a first-party
  Google offering for NetApp storage in the cloud, see [Performance considerations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/netapp/volumes/docs/performance/performance-considerations).

## What's next

- Read about best practices for [compute](https://docs.cloud.google.com/vmware-engine/docs/best-practices-compute), [networking](https://docs.cloud.google.com/vmware-engine/docs/best-practices-networking), [security](https://docs.cloud.google.com/vmware-engine/docs/best-practices-security), [migration](https://docs.cloud.google.com/vmware-engine/docs/best-practices-migration), and [costs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/vmware-engine/docs/best-practices-costs).
- Try out VMware Engine. Visit [features, benefits, and use
  cases](https://docs.cloud.google.com/vmware-engine/docs/overview) for more information.
- Explore reference architectures, diagrams, tutorials, and best practices about Google Cloud. Visit [Cloud Architecture Center](https://docs.cloud.google.com/architecture) for more information.