We have already discussed storage tiering using storage profiles (see Chapter 4, Datastores and Storage Profiles); now we will talk about compute tiering and what one can do.
The requirements for this recipe vary wildly and depend on what you want to do and what you have.
The least demanding model requires one PvDC, and the more demanding ones require different clusters (PvDCs).
Define the kind of tiering you would want.
Do you want to have different cluster settings (HA), or do you want to use different Allocation Model settings?
Create the different OvDCs. Depending on your requirements, you may need to create different PvDCs.
It is of the most importance to name the OvDCs so that customers can understand what they are getting. A very common method is to use the names
Gold
,Silver
, andBronze
.Publish the tiering and explain to the customers what they are getting with each tier and what it may cost them (or you). This will ensure that...