VMware vSphere Design.
Achieve the performance, scalability, and ROI your business needs What can you do at the start of a virtualization deployment to make things run more smoothly? If you plan, deploy, maintain, and optimize vSphere solutions in your company, this unique book provides keen insight and solutions. From ha...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Wiley,
2013.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 An Introduction to Designing VMware Environments; What Is Design?; The Facets of vSphere Design; The Technical Facet; The Organizational Facet; The Operational Facet; The Principles of Design; Availability; Manageability; Performance; Recoverability; Security; The Process of Design; Gathering and Defining Functional Requirements; Assessing the Environment; Performing a Gap Analysis; Assembling the Design; Documenting the Design; Performing the Implementation; Summary; Chapter 2 The ESXi Hypervisor; Evolution of the vSphere Hypervisor.
- The ESXi ConceptESXi Design; ESXi Components; ESXi Agents; ESXi System Image; ESXi Customized Images; ESXi Disk Layout; Tardisks and Ramdisks; ESXi Deployment; Hardware Requirements; ESXi Flavors: Installable, Embedded, and Stateless; Auto Deploy Infrastructure; Comparing Deployments Options; Upgrading ESXi; Migrating from ESX; Testing; Deployment; Management; Postinstallation Design Options; Management Tools Overview; Host-Management Tools; Centralized Management Tools; Hardware Monitoring; Logging; Summary; Chapter 3 The Management Layer; Reviewing the Components of the Management Layer.
- VMware vCenter ServervSphere Client and vSphere Web Client; vSphere Update Manager; Management Applications; Examining Key Management Layer Design Decisions; Virtual or Physical vCenter Server?; vCenter Server on Windows or vCenter Server Appliance?; Local or Remote Database Server?; Which Operating System for vCenter Server?; Creating the Management Layer Design; Availability; Manageability; Performance; Recoverability; Security; Summary; Chapter 4 Server Hardware; Hardware Considerations; Factors in Selecting Hardware; Computing Needs; Server Constraints; Differentiating among Vendors.
- Server ComponentsCPU; RAM; NUMA; Motherboard; Storage; Network; PCI; Preparing the Server; Configuring the BIOS; Other Hardware Settings; Burn-in; Preproduction Checks; Scale-Up vs. Scale-Out; Advantages of Scaling Up; Advantages of Scaling Out; Scaling Is a Matter of Perspective; Risk Assessment; Choosing the Right Size; CPU to Memory Design Ratio; Sizing the Hosts; Blade Servers vs. Rack Servers; Blade Servers; Rack Servers; Form-Factor Conclusions; Alternative Hardware Approaches; Cloud Computing; Converged Hardware; Summary; Chapter 5 Designing Your Network.
- Examining Key Network ComponentsPhysical Connectivity; Network Traffic Types; Software Components; Exploring Factors Influencing the Network Design; Physical Switch Support; vSwitches and Distributed vSwitches; IP-Based Storage; 10Gb Ethernet; I/O Virtualization; SR-IOV and DirectPath I/O; Server Architecture; Crafting the Network Design; Availability; Manageability; Performance; Recoverability; Security; Design Scenarios; Two NICs; Four NICs; Six NICs; Eight NICs; Looking to the Future; Summary; Chapter 6 Storage; Dimensions of Storage Design; Storage Design Factors; Storage Efficiency.
