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VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

By : Ajit Pratap Kundan
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VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

By: Ajit Pratap Kundan

Overview of this book

Over the past two decades, VMware vSphere has been known as the most trusted and reliable virtualization platform. VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture shows you how to design and configure Cross Cloud Architecture by using VMware Cloud Foundation and vRealize Suite with various use cases across private, public, and hybrid Cloud. This book takes you through everything from a basic understanding of virtualization to advanced aspects of storage and network virtualization, clustering, automation, and management. This book will be your guide to designing all aspects of Cloud. We start with the challenges faced by a traditional data center, define problem statements for you, and then brief you on respective solutions. Moving on, all kinds of virtualization and Cloud offerings from AWS and IBM Soft Layer are introduced and discussed in detail. Then, you'll learn how to design IT infrastructures for new and existing applications with a combination of Cloud Foundation, vRealize Suite, and vSphere enabled with VSAN and NSX. Furthermore, you'll learn how to design and configure high availability, disaster recovery, and apply an appropriate compliance matrix. Toward the end of the book, you will learn how to calculate the TCO/ROI, along with the VMware products packaging and licensing in detail.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Comparison of the key technical and business value attributes


The following table measures and compares each scenario across the attributes we previously discussed:

Comparison matrix of key technical capabilities and business benefits:

  

Vendor compared

VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC

Traditional 3-Tier DIY or CI

SCALABILITY

  

Scalability granularity?

One additional HCI server or rack at a time.

Rack(s) at a time once initial footprint is exceeded

Full SDDC virtualization across network, storage, and compute?

Yes

No

TIME TO VALUE

  

Time to size solution based on customization?

Low

Medium (CI) – High (DIY)

Completeness of integrated solution upon delivery?

High

Medium (CI) - Low (DIY)

INTEGRATED PROVISIONING AND LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT

  

Can update software components and apply security updates with one tool? 

Yes

No

Can provision workload-specific clusters?

Yes

Yes (CI) - No (DIY)

Number of tools to manage software patching and upgrades?

One integrated tool

Typically three or more

Can cycle portions of infrastructure automatically...