VMware vSphere 5.x Datacenter Design Cookbook : Over 70 Recipes to Design a Virtual Datacenter for Performance, Availability, Manageability, and Recoverability with VMware vSphere 5.x /: Over 70 Recipes to Design a Virtual Datacenter for Performance, Availability, Manageability, and Recoverability with VMware vSphere 5.x. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hersey Cartwright.
• Other Names: Cartwright, Hersey
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:The Virtual Datacenter; Introduction; Becoming a virtual datacenter architect; Using a holistic approach to datacenter design; Passing the VMware VCAP-DCD exam; Chapter 2:The Discovery Process; Introduction; Identifying the design factors; Identifying stakeholders; Conducting stakeholder interviews; VMware Capacity Planner; Using Windows Performance Monitor; Identifying dependencies; Chapter 3:The Design Factors; Introduction. Identifying design requirementsIdentifying design constraints; Making design assumptions; Identifying design risks; Creating the conceptual design; Chapter 4:The vSphere Management Design; Introduction; Identifying vCenter components and dependencies; Selecting a vCenter deployment option; Determining the vCenter system requirements; Selecting a database for vCenter deployment; Determining database interoperability; Choosing a vCenter Single Sign-On deployment mode; Designing for management availability; Backing up the vCenter Server components. Using vCenter Server Heartbeat to provide vCenter availabilitySecuring the management components; Designing a separate management cluster; Chapter 5:The vSphere Storage Design; Introduction; Identifying RAID levels; Calculating storage capacity requirements; Determining storage performance requirements; Calculating storage throughput; Storage connectivity options; Storage path selection plugins; Sizing datastores; Chapter 6:The vSphere Network Design; Introduction; Determining network bandwidth requirements; Standard or distributed virtual switches; Providing network availability. Virtual switch securityNetwork resource management; Using private VLANs; IP storage network design considerations; vMotion network design considerations; Chapter 7:The vSphere Compute Design; Introduction; Calculating CPU resource requirements; Calculating memory resource requirements; Scaling up or scaling out; Determining the vCPU-to-core ratio; Clustering compute resources; Reserving HA resources to support failover; Using distributed resource scheduling to balance cluster resources; Ensuring cluster vMotion compatibility; Chapter 8:The vSphere Physical Design; Introduction. Using the VMware Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)Understanding the physical storage design; Understanding the physical network design; Creating the physical compute design; Creating a custom ESXi image; Best practices for ESXi host BIOS settings; Chapter 9:The Virtual Machine Design; Introduction; Right-sizing virtual machines; Enabling CPU Hot Add and Memory Hot Plug; Creating virtual machine templates; Using vApps to organize virtualized applications; Using VM affinity and anti-affinity rules; Converting physical servers with vCenter Converter Standalone.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 004.5; COMPUTERS -- Networking -- General; Virtual storage (Computer science) -- Design and construction; Software architecture; Virtual computer systems; Cloud computing; Storage area networks (Computer networks); COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy; COMPUTERS -- Computer Science; COMPUTERS -- Data Processing; COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General; COMPUTERS -- Information Technology; COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory; COMPUTERS -- Reference; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782177012; 1782177019; 1306405963; 9781306405966; 1782177000; 9781782177005
• Related ISBNs: 9781782177005
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