Completely updated for vSphere 5.1, this book provides a comprehensive discussion of the many aspects of vSphere design, including the design process, server hardware selection, ESXi hypervisor deployment, network topology, security considerations, storage infrastructure, virtual machine design and more. Along the way, expert authors Forbes Guthrie and Scott Lowe consider such pivotal design decisions as scaling up servers versus scaling out, vSwitches versus dvSwitches and FC, FCoE, iSCSI or NFS storage.

Table of Contents:
An Introduction to Designing VMware Environments The ESXi Hypervisor The Management Layer Server Hardware Designing Your Network Storage Virtual Machine Datacenter Design Designing with Security in Mind Monitoring and Capacity Planning Bringing a vSphere