Chapter 7. Implementing vSphere 5

This chapter walks you through an implementation scenario for vSphere 5. After you size your architecture, you have a number of installation and configuration options to choose from. After reading this chapter, you should be able to determine which configuration works best for you.

Sizing

Before implementing the virtual infrastructure, it is necessary to size the architecture. A question that often arises concerns the sizing of the virtual infrastructure. Sizing requirements will vary depending on factors such as whether you have 50 virtual machines (VMs) or 1000 VMs, how heavy the workloads are, and the access type (random or sequential). However, no matter how precise we try to be, some assumptions are usually ...

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