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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

Core elements of VMware's Cross-Cloud Architecture


VMware Cloud Foundation helps to manage and build SDDC Clouds, and Cross-Cloud Services help customers to manage, govern, and secure applications running across various public clouds like AWS, Azure, and IBM Cloud.

VMware's Hybrid Cloud solution with VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture helps customers to run, manage, connect, and secure their applications across clouds and devices in a common operating environment. VMware has also launched the following solutions/services:

  • VMware Cloud Foundation is a combination of vSphere (Compute), Virtual Storage Area Network (Storage), NSX (Network), and SDDC Manager (Management layer)
  • Cross-Cloud Services enable customers to manage, govern, and secure applications running in private and public clouds (AWS, Azure, and IBM Cloud) to get the benefits of both worlds
  • VMware vCloud Availability, a service to provide customers disaster recovery offerings, especially built for vCloud Air Network partners
  • VMware vCloud...