vSphere Design Brownbag with Harley Stagner

vSphere design scenario Practice
Harley Stagner, VCDX #46
http://www.harleystagner.com
Twitter: hstagner

Archaic Licensing Scenario
Acme Software Uses Physical Processor Licensing
Client wishes to run Acme’s DB Version 12 in same HA/DRS cluster as other applications to better share resources
Only (3) hosts are required to support the DB Version 12 workload with capacity to spare
(6) Host cluster exists, may purchase additional if needed

Archaic Licensing Scenario
How should Acme DB 12 licensing be handled?
What HA / DRS configurations should be used?
Think about performance / flexibility / redundancy
What is the impact of each of your design choices?
What assumptions are you making?

Archaic Licensing Scenario - Components

Archaic Licensing Scenario – Solutions?

Balanced Cluster Scenario
Greenfield Installation
Client would like cluster imbalances to be resolved automatically and as quickly as possible
vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus Licensing
Client plans to have “large memory” VM’s in the cluster

Balanced Cluster Scenario – Solutions?
Server Option A
Onboard
Quad Port
Server Option B
vswitch0
Dual Port
Onboard

Open Question: How Can We Ensure QoS on 10GbE?

Open Design Discussion...
http://www.seancrookston.com/vcap-dca/
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/11/15/5-tips-for-preparing-your-vcdx-defense/
http://www.harleystagner.com/vcdx/the-end-of-the-journey-vcdx-number-46.php
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vSphere Design Brownbag with Harley Stagner

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