Vmware Vsphere Data Center Architecture Design Version 6.0

[jahanzaib]

I am working to Built scalable and optimal Data-center Design in VMware Environment. 

1: Lets Assume in 3-5 UCS-Blade Server environment where we could place the Vcenter?

2: That can be VCenter as appliance or on top of Windows?

3: What are the recommendation and best Practice to place the Vcenter?

4: It must be on Separate Rack Mount Server or can be in any Blade inside the UCS?

5: Apart from the placement of Vcenter / VCSA the database should be Embedded or on separate Server? :smileyconfused::smileyconfused:

[rcporto]

1: Lets Assume in 3-5 UCS-Blade Server environment where we could place the Vcenter?

A dedicated management cluster is the recommended place to put your vCenter server.

2: That can be VCenter as appliance or on top of Windows?

I will recommend you consider to use the version 6.5 and the appliance version.

3: What are the recommendation and best Practice to place the Vcenter?

Inside a management cluster with HA enabled and/or consider use the new vCenter 6.5 HA feature.

4: It must be on Separate Rack Mount Server or can be in any Blade inside the UCS?

Like I said in my previous answers, I dedicated management cluster is the best place to put your vCenter, and is always recommended avoid single point of failure, so if you have a management cluster with nodes across differents racks, that will be the best place.

5: Apart from the placement of Vcenter / VCSA the database should be Embedded or on separate Server?

Your environment looks very small, based on number of hosts, so with that, the embedded database should be enough.

[jahanzaib]

Hello Richardson,

You said that " Inside a management cluster with HA enabled and/or consider use the new v Center 6.5 HA feature" Can you explain this point further? HA availability in term of physical Separate Blades or V-Center Feature? By the way I will go for V-Center 6.0.

3: What are the recommendation and best Practice to place the Vcenter?

Inside a management cluster with HA enabled and/or consider use the new vCenter 6.5 HA feature.