Business-Ready Configurations

VMware vSphere Business-Ready Configurations for Small and Medium Business

Dell™ Business-Ready Configurations for VMware® vSphere™ for small and medium business are preconfigured, easy-to-order bundled solutions designed to aid in ordering, deploying and maintaining a virtual infrastructure. These solutions include:

  • Dell PowerEdge™ rack servers
  • Dell EqualLogic™ storage area networks (SANs)
  • VMware vSphere software

 

VMware vSphere™ Business Ready Configurations for Small and Medium Business

View VMware vSphere Reference Architecture for Small and Medium Business.

 


Stand-Alone Configuration

High-Availability Configuration

High-Availability Plus vMotion Configuration

  • Entry-level virtualization solution for a small business environment
  • Single Dell PowerEdge R510 server with internal storage and VMware vSphere 4.0 Essentials Plus
  • For management, VMware vCenter Server installed on a Dell PowerEdge R410 server (not included) or installed in a virtual machine
  • High availability through the use of VMware High Availability (HA) and VMware Data Recovery
  • Real-time, no-downtime migration of running virtual machines from one server to another for load balancing and maintenance through the use of VMware vMotion™ technology
  • Three Dell PowerEdge R510 servers with VMware vSphere 4.0 Advanced
  • Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV iSCSI SAN

  • Four Dell PowerConnect 5424 24-port managed Gigabit Ethernet switches

  • For management, a Dell PowerEdge R410 server with VMware vCenter Server 4.0 with a three-year upgrade subscription

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