VMware vSphere
The infrastructure used to perform tests and take measurements is described below:
- vCenter Servers: 20
- Clusters: 140
- Hosts: 890
- VMs: 20,000
- Datastores: 2300
Measurement Results
Report | Time Taken to Generate |
|---|---|
vSphere Infrastructure Assessment | |
Datastore Performance Assessment | 10 - 15 min |
VM Change Rate Estimation | 5 - 10 min |
VM Configuration Assessment | 10 - 15 min |
Infrastructure Chargeback | |
VM Configuration Chargeback | < 5 min |
VM Performance Chargeback | 5 - 10 min |
Host Resource Usage Chargeback | 10 - 15 min |
Host Configuration Chargeback | 5 - 10 min |
vSphere Overview | |
Cluster Configuration | < 5 min |
Datastore Capacity | < 5 min |
Datastore Configuration | < 5 min |
Datastore Space Usage History | 30 - 35 min |
Guest Disk Free Space | 5 - 10 min |
Host Configuration | < 30 sec |
Hypervisor Version | < 1 min |
Infrastructure Overview | < 5 min |
VMs Configuration | < 5 min |
VMs Growth | < 5 min |
vSphere Monitoring | |
Alarms Current State Overview | < 5 min |
Alarms Overview | < 5 min |
Cluster Hosts Performance | 5 - 10 min |
Cluster Performance | < 5 min |
Datastore Performance | < 30 sec |
Host Performance | < 30 sec |
Host Uptime | < 5 min |
Multiple Clusters Performance | < 5 min |
Resource Pool and vApp Performance | < 30 sec |
VM Performance | < 1 min |
VMs Uptime | 5 - 10 min |
vSphere Optimization | |
Active Snapshots | < 1 min |
Garbage Files | < 5 min |
Idle Templates | < 1 min |
Idle VMs | < 1 min |
Inefficient Datastore Usage | < 5 min |
Orphaned VM Snapshots | < 1 min |
Oversized VMs | < 5 min |
Powered Off VMs | 10 - 15 min |
Undersized VMs | < 5 min |
vSphere Capacity Planning | |
Capacity Planning | 10 – 15 min |
Host Failure Modelling | < 1 min |
How Many More VMs Can Be Provisioned | 15 - 20 min |
Over-provisioned Datastores | < 30 sec |
vSphere Configuration Tracking | |
Infrastructure Changes Audit | 5 - 10 min |
Infrastructure Changes by Object | 40 – 45 min |
Permissions by Object | < 1 min |
Permissions by User | < 5 min |
vCloud Director | |
Catalogs Overview | < 5 sec |
Multiple Organizations vDC Performance | < 5 min |
Multiple vApps Performance | < 5 min |
Organization Configuration | < 1 min |
Organization vDC Performance | < 30 sec |
Provider vDC Performance | < 30 sec |
vApp Configuration | < 5 sec |
vApp Performance | < 5 sec |
VM Performance | < 30 sec |
VMs Uptime | 5 - 10 min |
Custom Reports | |
Inventory | < 10 min |
vSphere Custom Performance | < 5 min |
vSphere Raw Performance Data | 30 - 35 min |