Hi
We are "thinking" of purchasing vCloud Suite standard. We are only going to have about 20-40 VMs total on one host for the intended use of testing software applications. Not all VMs will be on at the same time and this is not a mission critical 99999 server. We are decicing on the small vsphere essentials kit for something like $600USD, or vCloud Standard that is a lot more money. The Cloud Suite would allow us to isolate virtual networks for testing, offer self-service provisioning and a few other things.
I think I might need to buy a second server to host some of this. I will have to buy Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2012 also. There is a compatibility chart here http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php that says I can use vCloud with SQL Express.
Has anyone run this whole setup on one server, or do I need a second machine to host vCenter/vCloud etc. I read the install document but it seemed geared to much larger installations. I think vCloud Suite might be overkill for our needs.
Thanks!