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VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

By : Ajit Pratap Kundan
Book Image

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

Assumptions, risks, constraints, and use cases


During initial design workshops, baseline requirements were defined and recorded in the solution requirements document. The overall structure of this document is to describe various aspects of the solution designed to meet customer requirements. Throughout this document, key points of particular importance are highlighted and identified with one of the following icons.

The interpreting information about design requirements and decisions is as follows:

Icon

Label

Definition

Design Decision

Identifies a design decision that has been made

Constraint

Identifies constraints that have influenced design choices

Assumption

Identifies where an assumption has been made in the absence of factual data

Design Consideration

Identifies an area that requires further discussion with architecture and operations teams

Instruction

Used to convey special information or instructions

Risk

Identifies any risks with the solution design or deployment