VMware SDDC on IBM Cloud®

The VMware SDDC on IBM Cloud® solution provides a configured VMware Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) that is built to a standardized format and architecture. This solution provides a private cloud that can be quickly scaled up (or down) and allows existing VMware virtualized data center clients to extend or move their workloads into the IBM Cloud®. You can use this scaling to address such issues as rapid capacity expansion (or contraction), migration of workloads to the cloud, establishing cloud-based backup and disaster scenarios. You also can set up development, test, training, or lab capacity. You can add more servers quickly to meet the increased capacity of over 10,000 sized virtual guest servers per region.

This SDDC configuration includes a software-defined networking solution that is based on VMware NSX providing unlimited networking flexibility in defining new VLANs, assigning IP addresses, and establishing network services such as load balancing, firewalls, and routers.

Shared storage is included based on VMware Virtual Storage Area Networking (VSAN) software-defined storage. VSAN provides highly available, high performance, single tenant storage that grows automatically as more capacity nodes are added.

The VMware SDDC on IBM Cloud® Advanced reference architecture is the first partner architecture to be certified under the VMware Validated Design program.

For more information about VMware SDDC on IBM Cloud®, see NSX, and VSAN.

For more information about the VMware Validated Design Certified Partner Architecture, see VMware Compatibility Guide.