AVS resource name
The resource name, for example, ABCPrivateCloud1
, is a descriptive name for your AVS private cloud.
It’s critical to note that the name can’t be more than 40 characters. You won’t be able to create public IP addresses for usage with the private cloud if the name exceeds this limit.
Host size
The AVS clusters are built on bare-metal, hyper-converged infrastructure. At the time of writing this book, the host choices are AV36, AV36P, and AV52. The hosts’ RAM, CPU, and disk capacity are listed as follows:
Figure 3.2 – AVS node specification
Determining the number of hosts and clusters
The first AVS deployment you'll do is a private cloud with just one cluster. You’ll need to specify the number of hosts you wish to deploy to the first cluster for your deployment.
Clusters can be added, removed, and scaled. By default, one vSAN cluster is established for each private cloud. Three...