Hosts & clusters
Computing capacity and failure domain.
VIRTUALIZATION
Virtualizing resources is only the beginning. The challenge is building the platform.
Virtualization makes it possible to consolidate workloads, use resources more flexibly, and create an abstraction layer between applications and physical infrastructure.
However, a virtual machine’s availability still depends on compute, memory, storage, networking, power, protection, and operations.
Add Solution designs, implements, modernizes, and migrates virtualization platforms with consideration for performance, availability, capacity, growth, and the dependencies that support each workload.
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HYPERVISOR
COMPUTEMEMORYNETWORKSTORAGE
ENGENHARIA APLICADA
Consolidar recursos exige preservar capacidade, isolamento e recuperabilidade.
A Add Solution estrutura plataformas de virtualização considerando workloads, clusters, rede, storage, disponibilidade, backup e operação.
Arquitetura, execução e operação tratadas como partes da mesma responsabilidade.
FROM VM TO PLATFORM
A virtual machine can be created in minutes. A platform must support years of operation.
Creating a VM is an operation. The platform involves hosts, clusters, compute, memory, storage, networking, management, high availability, backup, and monitoring.
Virtualization abstracts the hardware. It does not eliminate dependence on the hardware.
Memory & compute
Resources aligned with workload behavior.
Storage
Capacity, IOPS, throughput, latency, and redundancy.
Networking
Uplinks, VLANs, segmentation, and connectivity.
Availability
HA, failover, and remaining capacity.
Protection
Backup, retention, and recovery.
Management
Access, lifecycle, and standardization.
Observability
Health, performance, events, and trends.
CONSOLIDATION
Consolidation does not simply mean placing more workloads on fewer servers.
Consolidation can increase utilization, standardization, flexibility, centralized management, and workload mobility. It also concentrates dependencies.
The more workloads share a platform, the more important its architecture becomes.
01WorkloadsApplications, databases, and services
02Virtual machinesResources and guest operating systems
03HypervisorAbstraction, allocation, and management
04InfrastructureCompute, memory, networking, and storage
SIZING & CAPACITY
The cluster must be sized for the workloads — including when something fails.
Sizing must consider normal operation, peaks, growth, reserve capacity, and the remaining capacity when resources become unavailable.
CPU
Utilization, peaks, contention, and growth
Memory
Consumption, pressure, reserve, and behavior
Storage
Capacity, performance, and connectivity
Network
Traffic, redundancy, and dependencies
Failures
Capacity that remains when a resource fails
High availability is not a checkbox in the console.
Hosts, quorum where applicable, failover, remaining capacity, and shared dependencies must work as an architecture.
A cluster can survive a host failure. The application will remain available only if its other dependencies also remain available.Data Center Servers & Storage
Mobility requires compatibility and architecture.
Moving between hosts can support maintenance, balancing, and evolution when supported by the platform. Storage, networking, compatibility, and the workload determine behavior — there is no universal guarantee of zero impact.
HOST AWORKLOADHOST B
PERFORMANCE ACROSS LAYERS
A slow VM does not necessarily mean a lack of CPU.
Application, guest OS, VM, hypervisor, compute, memory, storage, and networking can produce similar symptoms. Performance must be analyzed across the layers.
01Application
02Guest OS
03VM
04Hypervisor
05Compute / Memory
06Storage
07Network
Many VMs can share the same storage. This makes it a critical dependency.
Capacity, IOPS, throughput, latency, datastores, volumes, redundancy, and connectivity affect workloads. A shared bottleneck can also produce a shared impact.
Explore Servers & StorageThe virtual network still depends on a physical network.
Interfaces, uplinks, VLANs, virtual switches, segmentation, redundancy, and storage connectivity support the path between the VM, host, and services.
VM → VIRTUAL NETWORK → HOST → PHYSICAL NETWORK
Corporate Networks
OVERCOMMIT & CONTENTION
Efficiency and saturation are different things.
Sharing and allocation strategies increase flexibility, but require planning for CPU contention, memory pressure, reservations, priorities, and actual behavior.
There is no universal ratio: efficiency depends on the workloads and operational objectives.
Snapshot and backup are not the same thing.
A snapshot can record a given state for platform-specific purposes. A backup retains data intended for recovery under its own protection and retention strategy.
HA ≠ backupBackup & Disaster Recovery
Replication ≠ backup
Snapshot ≠ backup
Recovering the platform requires more than recovering a VM.
DR can involve replication, backup, alternative infrastructure, networking, identity, DNS, applications, runbooks, RPO, RTO, and testing. Virtualization can support the strategy, but it does not replace it.
Recovery StrategiesMODERNIZATION & LIFECYCLE
Virtualization platforms also have a lifecycle.
Hardware, versions, compatibility, licensing, support, storage, networking, capacity, and new requirements guide upgrades, expansion, replacement, consolidation, architecture changes, or cloud integration.
MIGRATION BETWEEN PLATFORMS
Changing hypervisors is an architecture decision, not merely a virtual machine conversion.
Workloads, operating systems, formats, drivers, networking, storage, backup, dependencies, licensing, compatibility, windows, rollback, and validation must be considered.
Add Solution works on migration and modernization projects without assuming universal conversion or zero downtime.
The strategy does not need to begin with the vendor’s name.
Workloads, ecosystem, integration, team, licensing, support, continuity, costs, and roadmap should guide the platform — VMware, Proxmox, or another technology is a result of the analysis.
Virtualization and cloud are related. But they are not synonymous.
Environments can combine on-premises virtualization, private cloud, public cloud, and hybrid infrastructure according to applications, data, and operations.
Cloud & VirtualizationConcentrating workloads also concentrates responsibility.
Administrative access, identity, privileges, segmentation, hardening, patching, logs, management interfaces, and remote access must be protected.
PAM & Identity Security CybersecurityAvailable host capacity may not represent the workload experience.
Cluster, host, VM, CPU, memory, storage, latency, networking, events, and trends support troubleshooting, performance analysis, and capacity planning.
AI & Observability Command CenterIs your virtualization platform prepared to grow — and to fail?
We can assess workloads, hosts, clusters, capacity, storage, networking, availability, and protection to identify limitations, risks, and opportunities for evolution.
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From understanding the workload to the platform’s continuous evolution.
More than 15 years of experience in technology infrastructure and critical environments, connecting virtualization, servers, storage, networks, backup, security, and operations.
- 01
Understand
Workloads, criticality, and objectives.
- 02
Inventory
Hosts, VMs, storage, networking, and dependencies.
- 03
Measure
Current utilization and behavior.
- 04
Size
Required resources and capacity.
- 05
Architect
The cluster and its dependencies.
- 06
Implement
Build the platform.
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Migrate
Carry out controlled transitions.
- 08
Validate
Confirm operation and performance.
- 09
Observe
Track health and capacity.
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Evolve
Adapt to new needs.
TECHNOLOGIES & PRODUCTS
Here, we sell virtualization engineering.
Platforms and vendors belong in the Technologies & Products taxonomy. Architecture begins with workloads, risks, and strategy — not with a comparison of hypervisors.
Cloud & Virtualization TechnologiesPERGUNTAS FREQUENTES
Decisões importantes sobre Virtualização
Respostas objetivas para dúvidas técnicas e operacionais que costumam surgir antes de um projeto.
01Virtualização e cloud são a mesma coisa?
Não. Virtualização abstrai recursos computacionais. Cloud adiciona um modelo mais amplo de provisionamento, serviços, automação, elasticidade, consumo e operação.
02Alta disponibilidade substitui backup?
Não. HA procura manter serviços disponíveis diante de determinadas falhas. Backup mantém dados destinados à recuperação por uma estratégia própria.
03Snapshot pode ser usado como backup?
Snapshot registra determinado estado conforme os recursos da plataforma, mas não substitui uma estratégia independente de backup e retenção.
04É possível migrar entre VMware, Proxmox e outras plataformas?
A viabilidade depende dos workloads, sistemas, formatos, drivers, rede, storage, backup, compatibilidade e janelas. Cada migração exige assessment e validação.
05Live migration sempre acontece sem impacto?
Não. O comportamento depende da plataforma, da arquitetura, do storage, da rede, da compatibilidade e das características do workload.
06A Add Solution pode avaliar um ambiente existente?
Sim. O assessment pode inventariar e medir hosts, VMs, clusters, capacidade, performance, storage, rede, disponibilidade e proteção.
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