VMworld 2009: VMworld Data Center

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VMworld datacenterhello business infrastructure

number of ESX servers
776

number of CPUs per ESX server
2

number of cores per ESX server
8

memory per ESX server
48 GB

total amount of memory in the datacenter
37 TB

total amount of storage in the datacenter
348 TB

goodbyephysical datacenter
hello virtual datacenter

number of VMs per core
6
Assuming a conservative ratio of 6 VMs per core without DRS. Based on the workloads, consolidation ratios could be even higher –
for example 8 to 10 VMs per core.

number of VMs per ESX server
48

number of VMs
in the VMworld datacenter
37,248

37,248 VMs
on
776
physical servers
37,248
physical servers

2,483
server rack
enclosures
28
server rack
enclosures
assuming 15 X 2U servers per server rack enclosure.

154,000
square feet of
datacenter space
(3 football fields: 3 x 48000 SF)
1,700
square feet of
datacenter space
(fraction of the end zone)

$92,375,000
cost to build physical
tier II datacenter
$1,041,600
cost to build
virtualized tier II
Datacenter
Tier II datacenter ($600 per SF) Tier II: composed of a single path for power and cooling distribution, with redundant components, providing 99.741% availability

$138,562,560
cost to build physical
tier III datacenter
$1,562,400
cost to build
virtualized tier III
datacenter
Tier III datacenter ($900 per SF) Tier III: composed of multiple active power and cooling distribution paths, but only one path active, has redundant components, and is concurrently maintainable, providing 99.982% availability

25,329 KW
physical
datacenter
528 KW
virtualized
datacenter

IT = bottleneck to the business
IT = strategic business partner and enabler
Long extended service provisioning cycles – 4 to 6 to 8 plus weeks
Efficient and optimized service provisioning cycles – 4 to 6 to 8 hours
Stagnation and
tactical projects
Innovation and strategic projects

VMwarevSphere with DRS drivesconsolidation ratios even higher
Press Release: July 8th, 2009.
VMwarevSphere Provides Nearly 50 Percent Application Performance Improvement With VMwareDistributed
http://www.vmwarecom/company/news/releases/drs-09.html

VMware vSphere with DRS enabled clusters willDrive your earth energy savings further Maximize your human energy flows further Optimize your financial energy flows further

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