The following table lists the requirements for each of the components that run in the management cluster. For the number of virtual machines and organizations listed in the private or public service definitions, you do not have to worry about scaling too far beyond the provided values.

 

 

The database server hosts databases for vCenter Server, vCenter Server Single Sign-On, vCloud Director, and vCenter Chargeback Manager. Use different users and instances for each database per VMware design guidelines. VMware vCloud Director 5.1 supports both Oracle and SQL Server databases.

In addition to the storage requirements in Table 3, a shared storage volume must be configured and made accessible to all cells in a vCloud Director server group to facilitate file transfers in a multicell environment. The size needed for this volume varies depending on the expected number of concurrent uploads. After an upload completes, the vApp data moves to the designated organization virtual datacenter and the data no longer resides on the NFS volume. The recommended starting size for the NFS transfer volume is 250GB. Transferred images can be large, so monitor this volume and increase the size if necessary.

For additional installation prerequisites, see the vCloud Director Installation and Configuration Guide (http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vcd_pubs.html).