Which statements regarding datastore clusters meets VMware's recommended best practices?

VMware does not require datastores to originate from the same storage array; datastores from different arrays can coexist in a cluster as long as their capabilities match.

When datastores with different hardware acceleration (VAAI) capabilities are mixed in a datastore cluster, Storage DRS cannot uniformly leverage offload primitives such as full-copy or atomic test-and-set, leading to inconsistent performance and unreliable placement recommendations. VMware explicitly recommends ensuring all datastores in a cluster have the same VAAI capability level to avoid these disparities. Mismatched acceleration capability is considered the most operationally impactful configuration error in an SDRS cluster.

While similar capacity across datastores is advisable, VMware does not mandate exactly equal capacity as a best practice requirement for cluster membership.

Using a single connection method (FC, iSCSI, NFS) is not a VMware best practice requirement, and mixed protocols are not explicitly prohibited in an SDRS cluster.