Infrastructure Virtualization Proposal with vSphere 7

VMWARE

Saadullah Sajjad

11/13/20231 min read

The document outlines the final design proposal for the Cloud, Virtualisation and Storage course at the University of South Australia. Outcomes acheived were:

  • Implementation of vSphere virtualization technology

  • Server consolidation for improved efficiency

  • Redundancy measures for enhanced reliability

  • Deployment of vSAN for cost-effective storage and a hyperconverged infrastructure

  • Network segmentation with VLANs for improved security

  • Adoption of Dell hardware and VMware Horizon for thin client management

  • Virtualization of servers for improved efficiency and resource utilization

  • Utilization of distributed virtual switches for efficient VLAN traffic management

  • Configuration of port groups with specific policies for each VLAN

  • Deployment of redundant hosts for high availability and fault tolerance

  • Incorporation of NAS storage for handling large 4K media files

  • Adherence to single vendor solution for hardware, software, and licensing requirements

Project Overview