Overview

Hardware requirements, reference architectures, and customer scoping exercises for VergeOS deployments.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Evaluate customer requirements and recommend an appropriate VergeOS topology (HCI or UCI -- including the hybrid two-cluster UCI variant, HCI + Dedicated Compute)
• Size hardware for HCI and UCI deployments based on workload profiles
• Use reference architectures as starting points for customer designs
• Create a bill of materials for a VergeOS deployment proposal

Prerequisites

• Completion of Module 1: Architecture Fundamentals -- you should understand HCI vs UCI trade-offs, node types, and cluster concepts

Estimated Time

2 hours (1 hour reading + 1 hour lab)

Topics

• Hardware Requirements — Minimum and recommended specs for controller nodes, storage nodes, and compute-only nodes. CPU, memory, disk, and NIC considerations.
• Reference Architectures — Three deployment models -- HCI, HCI + Dedicated Compute (the hybrid two-cluster UCI variant), and UCI -- plus guidance for edge and CSP scenarios.
• Customer Scoping — How to gather requirements, translate workload profiles into resource estimates, and select the right topology.
• Lab: Design Exercise — Given a customer scenario, produce a hardware recommendation and topology diagram.