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Enterprise-grade KVM on a private cloud built for you.
UnitedLayer replatforms your VMware estate onto open, enterprise-grade KVM on dedicated, single-tenant United Private Cloud® IaaS. VMware and KVM run side by side on the same platform, so each workload moves only when it’s ready.
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85%

of L1 and L2 incidents
resolved autonomously

90%

of routine tasks automated

40–60%

lower operational overhead

Why teams are replatforming to
KVM

VMware’s move to subscription bundles has pushed many enterprises to
rethink their hypervisor. KVM, the virtualization built into Linux, is one of
the strongest alternatives.

No hypervisor lock-in

Open source, without the rigid licensing and bundling of VMware.

 

Linux-native performance

Built into the kernel, with broad guest operating system support.

Secure isolation

Many VMs run securely and independently on a single host.

Your choice of stack

Pick your own management, storage and orchestration layers.
Where your VMware
workloads land, in four parts
A single-tenant KVM private cloud for your organization alone. Each part below shows one layer and what it means for your move off VMware.
Part 1 of 4
Your organization, single tenant
Map your existing VMware environments to business units and virtual data centers, so teams keep familiar boundaries after the move.
  • Each business unit gets its own isolated
    VDCs
  • A dedicated staging VDC is where converted VMs are tested before cutover
  • Teams provision through a self-service portal with catalogs, quotas and policies
Your organization contains business unit A with production, dev/test and migration staging VDCs, and business unit B with a production VDC. Validated workloads are promoted from staging to production. A self-service portal spans all VDCs. Your organization Business unit A Three isolated VDCs Business unit B One isolated VDC VDC 1 Production VDC 2 Dev / test VDC 3 Migration staging VDC 4 Production promote Self-service portal with catalogs, quotas and policies
Converted VMs are validated in the staging VDC, then promoted to production.
Your organization contains business unit A with production, dev/test and migration staging VDCs, and business unit B with a production VDC. Validated workloads are promoted from staging to production. A self-service portal spans all VDCs. Your organization Business unit A Three isolated VDCs Business unit B One isolated VDC VDC 1 Production VDC 2 Dev / test VDC 3 Migration staging VDC 4 Production promote Self-service portal with catalogs, quotas and policies
Converted VMs are validated in the staging VDC, then promoted to production.
Part 2 of 4
Inside a virtual data center
Rebuild your network segments and firewall rules in the VDC ahead of each wave, so converted VMs land in a ready environment.
  • Application and internal networks for VM-to-VM traffic
  • An edge gateway with firewall, NAT, VPN and load balancing
  • Converted images and templates kept in the catalog
  • UnitedConnect® for private links to AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
Part 3 of 4
Dedicated KVM clusters, VMware alongside
Every VDC runs on KVM clusters reserved exclusively for you. VMware stays on the same platform while you migrate, so nothing has to move before it’s ready.
  • Move workloads from VMware to KVM wave by
    wave
  • Add KVM clusters as each wave
    lands
  • Hyper-V, OpenStack and bare metal also run on the same platform
Animation: VMs move one at a time from the VMware cluster into dedicated KVM clusters 1 and 2. Cluster N is added as you scale. Hyper-V, OpenStack and bare metal run on the same platform. VMware Until each wave moves VMware hypervisor Dedicated KVM clusters Also on the same platform Hyper-V OpenStack Bare metal
VMs move from VMware into dedicated KVM capacity, one wave at a time.
UPC IaaS Stack
The UPC IaaS stack: monitoring and automation, security and isolation, software-defined networking, all-flash storage and dedicated compute, built on Tier 3+ data centers in 30+ regions. Tier 3+ data centers in 30+ regions, 99.999% availability
Every layer is dedicated to your organization.
Part 4 of 4
UPC IaaS underneath it all
Your KVM clusters run on United Private Cloud® IaaS: dedicated compute, storage and networking in enterprise-grade data centers.
  • All-flash storage and a high-speed network fabric
  • Software-defined networking provisioned in minutes
  • Real-time monitoring and automation across the stack
  • 99.999% availability from Tier 3+ data centers in 30+ regions

From VMware to KVM, without a big-bang cutover

VMware’s move to subscription bundles has pushed many enterprises to
rethink their hypervisor. KVM, the virtualization built into Linux, is one of
the strongest alternatives.

Where replatforming pays off first

Most customers start where VMware cost and risk are highest.
VMware renewal deadline
A renewal date or new bundle pricing forces a decision. Replatform the highest-cost clusters first and right-size the rest.
Lower licensing exposure
Data center exit
Retire aging on-prem VMware hardware and land workloads on dedicated KVM in Tier 3+ UPC data centers.
One platform to run
Dev and test as wave one
Start with lower-risk environments, build confidence in the conversion process, then move production.
De-risked production cutover

Ready to replatform from VMware to KVM?

Talk to our team about your workloads and your timeline. We'll start with an assessment of your VMware footprint.

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