What is a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC)? - Paiet/Tech-Journal-for-Everything GitHub Wiki

All of the resources (CPU, memory, disk and network) of a software-defined data center are abstracted into files. SDDC includes the following components:

• Service Management - track and analyze the operation of multiple data sources across the SDDC

• Cloud Management Layer - includes the following:

a. service catalog - houses the facilities to be deployed
b. orchestration - provides the workflows to deploy catalog items
c. self-service portal - allows end users to use the SDDC

• Virtual Infrastructure Layer - includes the virtualization platform for the Hypervisor, Pools of Resources, and Virtualization Control

• Physical Layer - includes Compute, Storage, and Network components

• Security - used to meet compliance requirements for virtualized workloads and to manage business risk

https://www.vmware.com/solutions/software-defined-datacenter.html

https://www.vmware.com/solutions/software-defined-datacenter/in-depth.html

vSphere and Cloud Computing - The VMware Cloud Foundation provides integrated cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking and security) and cloud management services to run applications. Cloud Foundation extends the vSphere core hypervisor with integrated software-defined storage, networking, and security capabilities that can be consumed flexibly on premises or as a service in the public cloud (VMware Cloud on AWS or VMware cloud providers).

VMware Cloud Foundation: https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-foundation.html