Tag: Multi-Site
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How to Convert Four Sites into Two VCF 9.1 Instances Under One Fleet (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 24)
A worked multi-site scenario: bring four vSphere 8 sites with NSX 4.2.x and Avi under one VCF 9.1 fleet as two instances, using the convert first approach, then upgrade with Lifecycle Manager.
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NSX 9 Federation and Multi-Site: Global Manager, Stretched Networking and the Latency Budget (NSX Series, Part 23)
NSX Federation gives you one consistent network and security policy across sites from a single Global Manager. Here is how span works, where stretched networking helps versus hurts, and the latency budget that decides whether Federation is even an option for you.
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VCF 9 Stretched Clusters and Multi-Site Design: Topology, Witness and the Latency Budget (VCF 9 Series, Part 30)
A reference design for stretching VMware Cloud Foundation 9 across two sites: vSAN site awareness, witness placement, the 5ms latency budget, storage policy, and when a single stretched instance beats multi-instance federation.
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Dr Pranay Jha
Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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