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VMware vSphere 8 Essentials Plus Kit is a virtualisation solution designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) looking to maximise the efficiency of their IT resources without compromising the security, availability or functionality of their infrastructure. This solution is ideal for businesses that want to consolidate physical servers and improve the management of their systems with a robust and easy-to-use platform, but without the costs and complexities associated with large deployments.

The vSphere 8 Essentials Plus Kit includes a number of advanced tools that make it easy to manage virtualised environments, while maintaining high application availability and providing disaster recovery capabilities. Unlike other larger versions of vSphere, this package is designed specifically for IT environments with more limited resources, providing an excellent cost-benefit ratio.

Key Features

Server Consolidation

The vSphere 8 Essentials Plus Kit allows you to run multiple applications and operating systems on a single physical server, maximising the use of hardware resources and significantly reducing power, cooling and maintenance costs. This is especially useful for SMBs looking to reduce their reliance on multiple physical servers and increase operational efficiency.

vSphere High Availability (HA)

A key feature of the Essentials Plus Kit is High Availability (HA), which ensures service continuity in the event of a physical server failure. Virtual machines are automatically restarted on another host within the cluster, minimising downtime and ensuring that critical applications are always available.

vSphere vMotion and Storage vMotion

vMotion enables live migration of virtual machines between physical servers without service interruption. This is vital for performing maintenance tasks or adjustments to the infrastructure without affecting end users. With Storage vMotion, it is also possible to move virtual disks between different datastores, offering greater flexibility and storage optimisation.

Data Protection

Data Protection is an essential feature of the Essentials Plus Kit, enabling automatic backup and restore of data with ease. This functionality is essential to ensure that business-critical data is always protected and available in the event of data failure or corruption.

VMware vCenter Server for Essentials

This solution also includes vCenter Server, a centralised management tool that allows SMBs to monitor and manage multiple servers and virtual machines from a single interface. With this tool, it is easy to perform maintenance, upgrades and monitor the overall health of the virtualised infrastructure.

Recovery with VMware vSphere Replication

In addition to standard data protection, vSphere Replication provides an additional layer of security by continuously replicating virtual machines to different locations. This allows VMs to be quickly restored in the event of a disaster, which is essential for maintaining business continuity.

Benefits for Businesses

• Cost Savings
  By consolidating multiple physical servers onto a single server through virtualisation, enterprises can significantly reduce costs associated with additional hardware purchases, power consumption and maintenance expenses. The ability to run multiple operating systems on a single machine reduces the need to purchase new physical servers as the infrastructure grows.
• High Availability and Business Continuity
  HA and vSphere Replication capabilities ensure that critical applications continue to operate even in the event of hardware failure or disaster. This reduces the risk of costly outages and ensures that business-critical services remain up and running at all times.
• Centralised Management
  Thanks to vCenter Server, businesses can efficiently manage their entire virtual infrastructure from a single console. This simplifies day-to-day administration tasks, saves IT staff time and reduces the likelihood of manual errors in resource management.
• Scalability and Flexibility
  Although designed for SMBs, vSphere 8 Essentials Plus Kit provides a solid foundation for growth. As business needs grow, the advanced tools included in this package allow you to add more virtual machines and scale your infrastructure without major changes or investment.
• Simple and Efficient Data Protection: Built-in data protection ensures that businesses can back up their data automatically and efficiently. This provides peace of mind against potential data loss and enables organisations to comply with data protection regulations.

Technical Requirements

Hardware Requirements

• CPU: Hosts must have multi-core x86-64 processors with virtualisation support (Intel VT-x or AMD-V) enabled in the BIOS. For optimal performance, Intel Xeon or AMD EPYC processors are recommended.
• RAM: The recommended minimum amount of memory is 32 GB of RAM per server, although for more demanding workloads, at least 64 GB or more is recommended, depending on the number of virtual machines.
• Storage: Adequate storage is essential for the performance of virtual machines. SSD storage or network storage technologies such as SAN or NAS with VMFS file system support are recommended.
• Network Cards: To ensure connectivity and good network performance, 1GbE network cards are recommended as a minimum, although for more advanced deployments, 10GbE networks offer better performance.

Software Requirements

• Host Operating System: Physical servers must run VMware ESXi 8.0, which is the bare-metal hypervisor that enables full virtualisation of server resources.
• vCenter Server: The licence includes a specific version of vCenter Server for Essentials, which is required to centrally manage the virtual environment.
• Licensing: The Essentials Plus Kit is designed for up to three hosts with up to two physical CPUs each, covering small enterprise deployments.

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