Architecture overview
VMware Engine provides a dedicated private cloud, composed of a
hyperconverged compute, storage, and networking stack deployed on Google
Cloud infrastructure in various Google Cloud locations worldwide.
Each private cloud contains one instance
of the vCenter Server, which manages
multiple ESXi nodes contained in one or
more vSphere Clusters, along with the
corresponding Viual SAN (vSAN) storage.
VMware Engine is sold by the node, with
the minimum conguration of three nodes
up to a maximum of 64 nodes per private
cloud and you can create any number of
private clouds.
By running your workloads on a native
VMware environment running in a
dedicated VMware soware stack on
Google Cloud, you can migrate and run any
of your on-premise viualized workloads
in Google Cloud with no changes. You use
the same VMware tools you are already
familiar with – including vSphere, vCenter,
vROPS and vMotion, for example. All the
VMware licenses needed to run the service
are included: ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, NSX-T,
and HCX.
Each node consists of all the compute,
memory, and storage you need. The initial
node conguration is:
• CPU: Intel Xeon Gold 6240 (Cascade
Lake), 2.6 GHz (x2), 36 Cores,
72 Hyper-Threads
• Storage: 2 × 1.6 TB (3.2 TB) NVMe (Cache),
6 × 3.2 TB (19.2 TB) NVMe (Data)
• Hyperconverged design using vSAN
The all-ash NVMe-based storage can
suppo the speed and peormance
required for demanding workloads, such as
Oracle, SQL Server, SharePoint, Microso
Exchange Server, and VDI running on
VMware. VMware Engine also has the ability
to reduce the core count in the nodes to
align with licensing restrictions of third
pay soware.
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