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        Summary

        VCF as a Service MultitenantVCF as a Service Single-tenantVCF for Classic - Automated
        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 per month
        Starting from
        $9,680.00 per month
        Starting from
        $7,293 per 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 a shared 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 dedicated edge
        Minimum requirements
        • 3 hosts, minimum each 20 CPU, 192 GB RAM
        • 5 GB shared storage
        Multizone regions
          Multizone regions

          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