vSphere

Datacenter virtualization platform

vSphere is VMware's flagship virtualization platform for enterprise data centers.

It combines a hypervisor (ESXi) with management tools (vCenter Server) to create, run, and manage virtual machines across physical servers.

Administrators use vSphere to consolidate hardware, allocate computing resources, and maintain business continuity: We're migrating the production servers to vSphere.

platform

VMware

Virtualization software company

infrastructure · cloud · management · enterprise · server · cluster · host · deployment · licensing · subscription

storage

datastore

Persistent information repository

  • snapshotInformal photograph taken quickly
  • SANBlock-level storage network
  • capacityMaximum amount containable

latency · PSA

availability

fault-tolerance

Ability to withstand malfunctions

heartbeat · downtime · resilience

administration

client

One who hires professionals

alarms · events · monitoring · configuration · templates · cloning · snapshots · migration · patching · backup

networking

VLAN

Logically segmented network

  • NICHardware for network connectivity
  • uplinkTransmission to spacecraft
  • teamingJoining with others

failover · trunk · LAG

Categories
Opposites
virtualization vs. physical infrastructure

vSpherebare metal

Direct hardware access, unmediated

iron · colocation

competing virtualization platforms

vSphereKVM

Multi-system input sharing device

Azure

infrastructure paradigm

vSphereDocker

Application containerization platform

serverless · cloud-native

Family

sphere, spheres, spherical, spheroid, hemisphere, biosphere, atmosphere, stratosphere, ionosphere

Familiarity
Top 2,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Rated G