Design
Size the platform. Define the topology. Engineer compute, storage, networking, rack layout, and redundancy around your workloads.
ARCHITECTURE & CAPACITY FROM THE RACK TO THE WORKLOAD
ENGINEERED FOR WHAT’S NEXT / 01Infrastructure.
Engineered.
We build the infrastructure
your workloads run on.
Enterprise virtualization, resilient physical foundations, and repeatable automation. Designed together. Built to work together.
PHYSICAL → VIRTUALPLATFORM OVERVIEW
RESILIENT BY DESIGNRACK / CLUSTER / WORKLOAD
One engineered platform.
Every layer considered.
Every layer considered.
PHYSICAL FOUNDATION → VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE → AUTOMATED DELIVERY
↓01 / OUR EXPERTISE
From requirements
to running workloads.
A platform is only as strong as the decisions beneath it. We connect architecture, physical infrastructure, virtualization, and operations into one coherent environment.
Build
Rack, cable, power, and configure. Integrate the physical environment with clear management paths and serviceable components.
DATACENTER & INTEGRATIONVirtualize
Bring workloads onto a clustered platform with virtual networking, resilient storage, and deliberate availability design.
HYPERVISORS & HCIAutomate
Turn standards into repeatable builds. Use Image Factory, infrastructure as code, and configuration management to deploy consistently.
IMAGES & PROVISIONINGOperate
Keep the platform ready for change through monitoring, patching, backup, lifecycle management, and capacity planning.
LIFECYCLE & RELIABILITYTHE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Hyper-V / Proxmox VE / VMware / Windows Server / Linux
02 / INSIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE
Reliability isn’t a feature.
It’s an architecture.
Explore the layers behind a production platform. Every connection, component, and configuration has a job to do.
ENGINEERING EXPLORER01 / 08
Scroll to explore each layer ↓
03 / REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE
Enterprise workstations.
Datacenter foundations.
A customer-premises virtual workstation platform that brings compute, storage, and management into a resilient three-node HCI cluster.
EXAMPLE SOLUTION Enterprise HCI Virtual Workstation Platform
USERS↓SECURE ACCESS
NETWORK AREDUNDANT NETWORKNETWORK B
WINDOWS SERVER / HYPER-V / FAILOVER CLUSTERING
SHARED DATA LAYER · STORAGE SPACES DIRECT*↔ LIVE MIGRATION & WORKLOAD MOBILITY
~30 WINDOWS VIRTUAL WORKSTATIONS↓BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
↳ INDEPENDENT BACKUP & RECOVERY
Built for continuity.
Sized for the workload.
Three HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen11 servers form the foundation. N+1 capacity planning allows for a node outage, subject to workload sizing and available resources.
- Clustered workloads with high availability
- Live migration for planned maintenance
- Redundant 25GbE and power paths
- Centralized management with HPE iLO
- Independent backup and recovery design
3 nodes
HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen11
96 cores
32 physical CPU cores per node
1.5 TB RAM
512 GB DDR5 ECC per node
~15 TB usable
From approximately 46 TB raw NVMe
Inside the reference configuration +
Per node: Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+, 32 cores; 512 GB DDR5 ECC memory, with 768 GB an option when workload sizing calls for it; redundant boot storage; enterprise NVMe; dual-port 25GbE; redundant power; HPE iLO management.
Design qualification: Example reference architecture, not a performance or capacity guarantee. Workload profiles, licensing, hardware compatibility, storage resiliency, backup retention, and recovery objectives determine the final design. *Storage Spaces Direct is used where the validated hardware and Windows Server edition support it. Usable capacity varies with resiliency and reserved capacity.
04 / THE AUTOMATION LAYER
Define once.
Build consistently.
Deploy repeatedly.
Good infrastructure starts with standards.
Image Factory turns those standards into repeatable machine images and infrastructure artifacts.
Version-controlled definitions, automated configuration, and validation help teams provision consistently, rebuild reliably, and reduce configuration drift.
Build repeatability into your platform ↗
01 / DEFINESource & configurationGit · Packer · Ansible
↓02 / BUILD & VALIDATEImage FactoryRepeatable image pipeline
↓Windows ServerWindows workstationLinux templatesInfrastructure appliances
↓03 / DEPLOYVirtual infrastructureStandardized images → running workloads
ENGINEERING, EXPRESSED AS CODE
Packer / Ansible / Terraform / PowerShell / Bash / Git & CI/CD
LET’S BUILD THE FOUNDATION
Your next platform
starts with a
conversation.
Building a new environment? Modernizing a datacenter? Bringing consistency to infrastructure delivery?
Tell us what needs to run, what you have today, and what needs to change. We’ll start there.
charles@terradavis.com ↗DIRECT CONTACT · REAL ENGINEERING CONVERSATIONS