The resources required by the virtual infrastructure layer will vary depending on which deployment model you choose and the number of workload domains you plan to create.
The following table displays the amount of resources the virtual infrastructure layer components consume for a management domain, a single virtual infrastructure workload domain, and a single Horizon domain. Duplicate the resource consumption shown for each additional workload domain.
This table does not factor in additional storage requirements to account for availability or maintenance considerations. In a production environment, you need to account for adequate resources to allow for the failure of hosts, virtual machine snapshots, and backups. It also does not consider additional workloads deployed to the virtual infrastructure layer outside of Cloud Foundation. This can include virtual machines you deploy that provide backup, antivirus, or other security services to the environment.
| Domain | Component | Installed In | vCPUs | Memory (GB) | Storage (GB) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base Management Domain Footprint | SDDC Manager | Management domain | 4 | 16 | 800 | |
| vCenter Server | Management domain | 4 | 16 | 290 | ||
| Platform Services Controller | Management domain | 2 | 4 | 60 | ||
| Platform Services Controller | Management domain | 2 | 4 | 60 | ||
| NSX Manager | Management domain | 4 | 16 | 60 | ||
| NSX Controller 01 | Management domain | 4 | 4 | 28 | ||
| NSX Controller 02 | Management domain | 4 | 4 | 28 | ||
| NSX Controller 03 | Management domain | 4 | 4 | 28 | ||
| Each NSX for vSphere VI Workload Domain | vCenter Server | Management domain | 8 | 24 | 500 | |
| NSX Manager | Management domain | 4 | 16 | 60 | ||
| NSX Controller 01 | Workload domain | 4 | 4 | 28 | ||
| NSX Controller 02 | Workload domain | 4 | 4 | 28 | ||
| NSX Controller 03 | Workload domain | 4 | 4 | 28 | ||
| First NSX-T VI Workload Domain | vCenter Server | Management domain | 8 | 24 | 500 | A vCenter Server is deployed in the management domain for each NSX-T VI workload domain. |
| NSX Manager | Management domain | 12 | 48 | 200 | These components are deployed for the first NSX-T VI workload domain. Additional workload domains share these components. | |
| NSX Manager | Management domain | 12 | 48 | 200 | ||
| NSX Manager | Management domain | 12 | 48 | 200 | ||
| NSX Edge 01 (Optional) | Workload domain | 8 | 32 | 200 | ||
| NSX Edge 02 (Optional) | Workload domain | 8 | 32 | 200 | ||
| Each Horizon Domain See Sizing Guidelines in the VMware Cloud Foundation Operations and Administration Guide. |
Each Connection Server | Management domain | 2 | 10 | Depends on the size of the system drive of OVA template. Recommend minimum is 80. | These components are deployed for each Horizon domain. |
| Each Composer Server | Management domain | 2 | 10 | Depends on the size of the system drive of OVA template. Recommend minimum is 80. | ||
| Each App Volumes Manager | Management domain | 2 | 10 | Depends on the size of the system drive of OVA template. Recommend minimum is 80. | ||
| Each Unified Access Gateway appliance | Management domain | 2 | 4 | 20 | ||
| Each User Environment Manager | Management domain | 2 | 10 | Depends on the size of the system drive of OVA template. Recommend minimum is 80. | ||
| TOTAL (does not include Horizon components) | 122 vCPU | 396 GB | 3,498 GB | |||
