Scope
This document includes design guidelines, considerations, and patterns for building the software-defined compute (SDC) components of a VMware Cloud Provider Program instance. The purpose of this document is to provide VMware Cloud Providers with guidance to:
• Establish an enterprise-class cloud compute offering as an alternative or a complement of existing dedicated, single-tenant compute offerings.
• Design efficient infrastructures typically associated with service providers’ economies of scale.
• Design a best-in-class compute service capable of responding quickly to consumers’ unpredictable business conditions and usage habits.
• Leverage VMware proven high availability to quickly redeploy servers in the event of a problem, improving service levels for consumers.
• Accelerate time to market for new SDC-based offerings by leveraging validated VMware proven solutions.
• Reduce infrastructure and operational complexity when deploying proven cloud-based services based on VMware technology.
This document addresses key design and architectural decisions relating specifically to the compute aspects of VMware Cloud Provider Program based services as implemented by the VMware service provider community. It provides a design framework but does not provide a specific solution for either service providers or enterprise customers that want to offer IT as a Service to their internal business units.