So the hype is on! VMware has announced a brand new offering for the vSphere family of products in an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) vCloud Hybrid Service. Some things to know:
- vCloud Hybrid Services IaaS is owned and operated by VMware and built on a VMware vShpere foundation.
- Currently this is only offered to a limited number of customers with the ‘Early Access Program’ which you can inquire about through your VMware Sales Representative.
- Currently only available in the US, but will expand globally in 2014
My thoughts on this is that it seems like a great option that will give orgainzations some flexibility with their services already running on a vShpere infrastructure. I have no info on what they are charging at this point but I would imagine that it’s not much different from other cloud providers. It’s arguably cheaper to run a public infrastructure where the costs are spread out over many customers.
More info available HERE!
| Dedicated Cloud | Virtual Private Cloud | |
| Compute | 120 GB vRAM30 GHz vCPUSingle tenant | 20 GB vRAM5 GHz vCPU (burst to 10 GHz)Multitenant |
| Storage | 6 TB Primary Storage | 2 TB Primary Storage |
| Internet Bandwidth | 50 Mbps bandwidth | 10 Mbps bandwidth |
| Public IP Addresses | Individually purchasable | Individually purchasable |
| Production Support | 24 hours/day7 days/week365 days/year | 24 hours/day7 days/week365 days/year |
| Subscription Terms | 12 months24 months36 months | 3 months12 months |
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vchs/vCloud-Hybrid-Service-Datasheet.pdf
Last note: take a look at Mathew Lodge’s blog post “Delivering on the Promise of Hybrid Cloud”