In this short video, we discuss the opportunities and benefits Service Providers have by leveraging the vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT) for Service Providers Reference Architecture documentation. For further information go to cloudproviders.vmware.com
Recently one of the projects I have been leading is to create reference architectures for vCloud Air. Lots of people have been asking me what the reference architectures actually cover, and what is the purpose of these. Firstly, I have produced a quick over video talking about a specific reference architecture “Data Center Extension”. In this video I walk through at a high level what you can expect to achieve by reading and leveraging this reference architecture. These reference architectures are expected to be used to supplement the VMware Validated Designs for the Software Defined Data Center. By leveraging this reference architecture you will be able to achieve a true hybrid cloud deployment as shown below: What can you expect from the vCloud Air Reference Architecture? Well here is a quick snippet from the overview section: This document describes, in general terms, what is required to extend an on-premises […]
A couple of people have pinged me on twitter this week asking if I knew where the vCloud Architecture Tool kit otherwise known as vCat is located. I thought I would provide the link to help people out. http://www.vmware.com/cloud-computing/cloud-architecture/vcat-toolkit.html
