Synopses & Reviews
What You Need to Make the Right Design DecisionsTo design a VMware vSphere implementation for the performance, scalability, and ROI that your business needs, you must understand all the factors that influence the outcome. Written for engineers and architects who plan, deploy, maintain, and optimize vSphere solutions, this unique book helps you make the right design decisions.
Should you use ESX or ESXi? Build your vCenter as a virtual machine? Design your storage for capacity or for performance? Filled with real-world examples, clear explanations of tools and concepts, and coverage of such topics as network topology, security domains, storage infrastructure, and more, this is the perfect guide for deploying a new design or transforming an existing one. Inside, you'll explore:
Fundamentals of designing VMware environments around your business goals
Details of the overall design process, vSphere hypervisor choice, server hardware selection and scaling, and your virtual machine blueprint
How networking and storage landscapes impact vSphere design
Different vCenter datacenter and cluster possibilities—tailoring availability and load-balancing options
How to create compelling vSphere architecture with security in mind
Basics of monitoring and capacity planning and the common tools available
Design decisions that a typical company encounters, questioning the choices made
Synopsis
The only book to cover how to properly design a VMware vSphere 4 implementation
VMware vSphere is the industry's most widely deployed virtualization solution. The current release VMware vSphere 4 is considered the most robust and sophisticated virtualization product. This book is the only one of its kind to clearly and concisely show you how to create a vSphere 4 implementation so that it is tailored to meet a company's needs and resources. Expert authors share with you the factors that influence and shape the design of a vSphere 4 implementation. You will learn how to make the right design decisions for your company.Explores the newest release of VMware vSphere, the industry's most widely deployed virtualization solutionDetails the overall design process, server hardware, network layout, security, storage infrastructure, application ownership, and moreReviews everything you need to know in order to make the right decisions for using VMware vSphere 4 to meet your company's needsShows you step by step how to use tools such as VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat, VMware vCenter Server Role Based Access Controls, CapacityIQ, vKernel, and more
Packed with real-world examples, VMware vSphere 4 Design shows you just how the design for your company should ideally look--and how you can achieve that goal.
Synopsis
The only book focused on designing VMware vSphere implementations.
VMware vSphere is the most widely deployed virtualization platform today. Considered the most robust and sophisticated hypervisor product, vSphere is the de facto standard for businesses, both large and small. This book is the only one of its kind to concisely explain how to execute a successful vSphere architecture, tailored to meet your company’s needs. Expert authors share with you the factors that shape the design of a vSphere implementation. Learn how to make the right design decisions for your environment.
- Explores the latest release of VMware vSphere
- Details the overall design process, server hardware selection, network layout, security considerations, storage infrastructure, virtual machine design, and more
- Debates the merits of Scaling Up servers versus Scaling Out, ESX versus ESXi hypervisor, vSwitches versus dvSwitches, and what the different storage protocols have to offer
- Illustrates the tools to monitor, to plan, to manage, to deploy and to secure your vSphere landscape
- Steps through the design decisions that a typical company may encounter, and questions the choices made
- Packed with real-world proven strategies, VMware vSphere Design examines how the virtualization architecture for your company should ideally look—and how best to achieve it.
About the Author
Forbes Guthrie, VCP, is a systems engineer and infrastructure architect who specializes in virtualization and storage technologies. He is also a VMware vExpert and the creator of several popular virtualization reference cards. Forbes blogs at www.vReference.com.
Scott Lowe, VCDX 39, is VMware-Cisco Solutions Principal at EMC. Scott is a VMware vExpert and author of two other books on VMware vSphere, including the bestselling Mastering VMware vSphere 4. Scott also writes at blog.scottlowe.org, which attracts thousands of visitors daily.
Maish Saidel-Keesing, VCP, is a systems virtualization architect at NDS, where his responsibilities involve virtualization architecture design, maintenance, and development for both Linux and Windows infrastructures. He is a VMware vExpert, contributes to SearchServerVirtualization.com, and blogs at technodrone.blogspot.com.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Designing VMware Environments.
Chapter 2 ESX vs. ESXi.
Chapter 3 Designing the Management Layer.
Chapter 4 Server Hardware.
Chapter 5 Designing your Network.
Chapter 6 Storage.
Chapter 7 Virtual Machines.
Chapter 8 Datacenter Design.
Chapter 9 Designing with Security in Mind.
Chapter 10 Monitoring and Capacity Planning.
Chapter 11 Bringing It All Together.
Index.