This chapter describes how to plan a virtualization project and build proper infrastructure by providing an approach both for the planning and the design. We'll start with how to map business requirements to technical requirements, and then how to move from conceptual design to logical and physical design.
To support those different phase methodologies, documents such as best practices, reference architectures, and guidelines will be suggested.
In this chapter, we will learn about the following:
- Planning a virtual infrastructure project
- Physical hardware considerations
- Assess
- Design
- Approaching different scenarios—SMB, ROBO enterprise