The much-anticipated VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 Design Guide is now officially released, providing cloud architects, platform engineers, and VI admins with a comprehensive framework for designing robust, scalable, and efficient private cloud infrastructures using VCF.
Whether you're building a new deployment from scratch or optimizing an existing environment, this guide delivers actionable insights, structured blueprints, and a robust decision-making framework tailored to the latest VCF release
The guide is meticulously structured into several core sections, each designed to help you make informed decisions during every phase of your VCF design and deployment journey.
Explore a high-level overview of each VCF component — including compute, storage, and networking — along with the trade-offs, benefits, and implications of various architectural choices.
Jumpstart your implementation using pre-defined blueprints tailored to specific use cases. These blueprints provide end-to-end design recommendations that can be fully adopted or used as a foundation to customize based on your organizational needs.
Available blueprints include:
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VCF Fleet in a Single Site with Minimal Footprint
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VCF Fleet in a Single Site
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VCF Fleet with Multiple Sites in a Single Region
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VCF Fleet with Multiple Sites Across Multiple Regions
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VCF Fleet with Multiple Sites in a Single Region plus Additional Regions
Dive deep into the design considerations for each individual VCF component. Each entry includes:
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Design Requirements – Mandatory configurations necessary for VCF to operate as intended.
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Design Recommendations – Best practices based on field experience and engineering validation.
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Design Choices – Decision points where multiple valid options exist, along with guidance on when to choose each.
