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Client-operated
workloads
IBM-operated
capacity management
IBM-operated
virtualization software
IBM-installed
virtualization software
Client-operated
workloads
Client-operated
capacity management
IBM-operated
virtualization software
IBM-installed
virtualization software
Client-operated
workloads
Client-operated
capacity management
Client-operated
virtualization software
IBM-installed
virtualization software
IBM-managed VMware Cloud Foundation instance that includes VMware Cloud Director. Provides virtual data centers with cost-effective and flexible capacity and scalability.IBM-managed VMware Cloud Foundation instance that includes VMware Cloud Director. Provides dedicated host-based workloads with scalable compute, network, and storage.Self-managed single-tenant infrastructure for enhanced security and compliance. Deploys a VMware virtual environment by using custom compute, storage, and network resources to best fit your business needs.
Starting from
$127/month
Starting from
$9,680.00/month
Starting from
$7,293/month
Recommended for
  • Pay for exactly what you use and need precisely to the GB of memory and vCPU
  • Start small and scale up as you need
  • Standby disaster recovery site
  • Cloud bursting during peak demands
  • Clients who want to offload the burden of maintaining the VMware environment and capacity management to IBM
Recommended for
  • Workloads that require consistent performance related to using dedicated infrastructure
  • Optimized host configuration for the use case (balanced, compute intensive, or storage intensive)
  • Clients who want to manage capacity at the host level
  • Clients who want to offload the burden of maintaining the VMware environment to IBM
Recommended for
    Clients who want to leverage the speed and consistency of automation for deploying environment and adding capacity while maintaining the same level of control and visibility as they enjoy on-premises.
Minimum requirements
    Not applicable: on-demand CPU, RAM, and storage, with an efficiency network edge
Minimum requirements
  • 2 hosts (2-socket 32 cores and 192 GB RAM)
  • 24 TB of shared storage
  • Minimum of 1 virtual data center (VDC) with a medium performance edge
Minimum requirements
  • 3 hosts, minimum each 20 CPU, 192 GB RAM
  • 5 GB shared storage
Multizone regions
  • Asia Pacific:Tokyo (jp-tok), Sydney (au-syd)
  • Europe:London (eu-gb), Frankfurt (eu-de)
  • North America:Dallas (us-south), Toronto (ca-tor), Washington DC (us-east)
Multizone regions
  • Asia Pacific:Tokyo (jp-tok), Sydney (au-syd)
  • Europe:London (eu-gb), Frankfurt (eu-de)
  • North America:Dallas (us-south), Toronto (ca-tor), Washington DC (us-east)
Multizone regions
  • Asia Pacific:Chennai (in-che), Osaka (jp-osa), Tokyo (jp-tok), Singapore, Sydney (au-syd)
  • Europe:Amsterdam, Frankfurt (eu-de), London (eu-gb), Madrid (eu-es), Milan, Paris
  • North America:Montreal, Toronto (ca-tor), Washington DC (us-east), Dallas (us-south)

Infrastructure

Powered by
    IBM advanced automation
Powered by
    IBM advanced automation
Powered by
    IBM advanced automation
Storage options
    NFS or vSAN
Storage options
    NFS or vSAN
Storage options
  • NFS or vSAN available with automation
  • iSCSI available with manual configuration
Minimum number of ESXi servers
    Not applicable: minimum order is 1 virtual data center with 1 virtual machine (1 vCPU, 1GB of RAM, and 20 GB of storage)
Minimum number of ESXi servers
    2 per cluster
Minimum number of ESXi servers
      For vSAN, 4 servers.
      For NSX-T instances with an NFS cluster:
    • Consolidated NFS clusters require at least 3 ESXi servers.
    • Management NFS clusters require 3 ESXi servers for production use, or at least 2 servers for nonproduction use.
    • All other NFS clusters require at least 2 ESXi servers.
Maximum number of ESXi servers
    Managed by IBM
Maximum number of ESXi servers
    25 per cluster
Maximum number of ESXi servers
    59 per cluster
Cloud automated multizone deployment
    Managed by IBM
Cloud automated multizone deployment
  • Multizone management plane
  • Single-zone workload clusters
Cloud automated multizone deployment
  • Clusters in multiple zones
  • Clusters spanning zones supported for regulated workloads

Day 2 operations

Day 2 capacity management
    Capacity management performed by IBM
Day 2 capacity management
    Customer managed and initiated add or remove host and storage
Day 2 capacity management
    Automated add or delete hosts and storage
Add and delete ESXi servers
    Managed by IBM
Add and delete ESXi servers
    Customer managed and initiated add or remove host
Add and delete ESXi servers
    Supported
Multicluster support
    Managed by IBM
Multicluster support
    Customer managed and initiated
Multicluster support
    Supported
Updating and patching of VMware stack
    Managed by IBM
Updating and patching of VMware stack
    Managed by IBM
Updating and patching of VMware stack
    Client-managed using native VMware tools (VMware Update Manager)
Software-defined networking
    NSX-T
Software-defined networking
    NSX-T
Software-defined networking
    NSX-T DC SP Base, Professional, Advanced, or Enterprise Plus
NSX license upgrade options
    Managed by IBM
NSX license upgrade options
    Managed by IBM
NSX license upgrade options
    Upgrade available from NSX Advanced to Enterprise.
vSAN license editions
    Managed by IBM
vSAN license editions
    Managed by IBM
vSAN license editions
    vSAN Advanced or Enterprise
Add-on services
  • Veeam
  • VMware Cloud Director Availability
Add-on services
  • Veeam
  • VMware Cloud Director Availability
Add-on services
    Supported
Transit Gateway Network Interconnect
    Supported
Transit Gateway Network Interconnect
    Supported
Transit Gateway Network Interconnect
    Customer managed and initiated
Compute High Availability (Stretch vSAN)
    Supported
Compute High Availability (Stretch vSAN)
    Supported
Compute High Availability (Stretch vSAN)
    Not applicable
vSphere version
    Managed by IBM
vSphere version
    Managed by IBM
vSphere version
    8.0 Update 2
NSX edition
    Managed by IBM
NSX edition
    Managed by IBM
NSX edition
    NSX DC SP Base, Professional, Advanced, or Enterprise Plus
Consolidated cluster
    Not applicable
Consolidated cluster
    Not applicable
Consolidated cluster
    Not applicable
Separate management cluster
    Managed by IBM
Separate management cluster
    Managed by IBM
Separate management cluster
    Not applicable
Gateway cluster
    Managed by IBM
Gateway cluster
    Managed by IBM
Gateway cluster
    Supported