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Presentation v cat 3.0 - architecture to implementation
- 1. © 2011 VMware Inc. All rights reserved vCAT 3.0 - Architecture to Implementation Ben Lin, Global vCloud Specialist, VMware, Inc.
- 2. 2 What is vCAT ? Intended for technical architects with a solid foundation of vSphere and infrastructure knowledge. Provides design guidance and examples to build, operate, and consume a VMware based cloud Targeted solution intended to help technical architects to get the information they need quickly and efficiently.
- 3. 3 vCloud Architecture Toolkit Additional Tools Architecture documents VMware vCloud Service Definition What should be considered when designing a vCloud? What does my vCloud offer? VMware vCloud Implementation Examples Are there existing examples? Introduction What is vCAT? Architecting a VMware vCloud Operating a VMware vCloud Consuming a VMware vCloud Workflow Examples Software Tools Cloud Bursting
- 4. 4 Five Steps DEPLOYDEFINE DESIGNASSESS MANAGE Architecting Operating Consuming Service Definition Implementation Examples
- 5. 5 Storage Design Pattern You have been hired to design a VMware based private cloud for a software development company. The customer is currently in discussions with their storage vendor on pricing and protocols for a new storage array to accommodate the cloud workloads. Provide the initial storage requirements and logical design.
- 6. 6 Step 1: Assess Current State Average storage capacity for typical workloads? What are the application I/O profiles? Are multiple of tiers of storage needed? Are there existing SLAs for storage performance? Project budget? Preferred storage vendor? Preferred storage protocol? Can existing storage be used? DEPLOYDEFINE DESIGNASSESS MANAGE
- 7. 7 Service Requirements Single tier of service for storage and compute Accommodate up to 500 virtual machines averaging 60GB Guest OS and Data Storage. Flexible way to control or ensure storage performance. Expected concurrent powered on VM’s is 50% Minimize the capacity and cost of storage Constraints Existing storage vendor NFS preference Minimal vCloud experience Step 2: Define VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit Service Definition DEPLOYDEFINE DESIGNASSESS MANAGE
- 8. 8 Architecting a VMware vCloud Resource Groups Storage Tiering Storage I/O Control VAAI Storage DRS vCloud Resource Design Provider Virtual Datacenter Organization Virtual Datacenter Thin Provisioning Fast Provisioning Step 3: Design Primary Document Major Section Sub Section Design Consideration Storage DRS Supported in vCloud Director 5.1 Works with linked clones New REST API object type DATASTORE_CLUSTER Linked clone configuration not supported across clusters DEPLOYDEFINE DESIGNASSESS MANAGE
- 9. 9 Implementation Examples Storage vApp Snapshot Example Storage DRS Step 4: Deploy Primary Document Major Section Implementation Example Snapshot Example vCenter representation Snapshot flow Snapshot options Implications DEPLOYDEFINE DESIGNASSESS MANAGE
- 10. 10 Step 5: Manage Consider processes needed to support the entire cloud service lifecycle Reference additional vCAT documents Operating a VMware vCloud Consuming a VMware vCloud Workflow Examples Software Tools VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit Operating a VMware vCloud Consuming a VMware vCloud Workflow Examples Software Tools Version 3.0 August 2012 DEPLOYDEFINE DESIGNASSESS MANAGE