Vmware Vsphere Design

by Forbes Guthrie, Scott Lowe

Achieve the performance, scalability, and ROI your business needsWhat 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 hardware selection, network layout, and security considerations to storage and hypervisors, this book explains the design decisions you'll face and how to make the right choices.Written by two virtualization experts and packed with real-world strategies and examples, "VMware vSphere Design, Second Edition" will help you design smart design decisions.Shows IT administrators how plan, deploy, maintain, and optimize vSphere virtualization solutions Explains the design decisions typically encountered at every step in the process and how to make the right choices Covers server hardware selection, network topology, security, storage, virtual machine design, and more Topics include ESXi hypervisors deployment, vSwitches versus dvSwitches, and FC, FCoE, iSCSI, or NFS storageFind out the "why" behind virtualization design decisions and make better choices, with "VMware vSphere Design, Second Edition," which has been fully updated for vSphere 5.x.

528 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 15, 2011

Reviews

[Kevin Gould · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had the privilege of working with Forbes for several years. His knowledge of the topic is comprehensive and he applies that knowledge in operations and design work to produce highly available and scalable systems. This book and any other content you read from him on his blog are excellent resources to understand design criteria and issues.

[Kyle]

Great book. Lots of design ideas and challenges to consider when designing/building new hosts and farms.

[Hernán Paggi]

Impressive book about VMware vSphere design of datacenter