A customer is using VMware vSphere in their data center. An administrator is asked to deploy SD-WAN Edges for a Proof of Concept as soon as possible. Which deployment option is the roost cost and…

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Options

• ADeploy a virtual appliance on ESXi
• BPurchase bare metal Edge
• CDeploy a virtual appliance in AWS
• DDeploy a virtual appliance on KVM

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  6% (2)
• C
  13% (4)
• D
  78% (25)

Explanation

Deploying a virtual SD-WAN Edge on KVM is the most cost and time effective option because KVM is open-source and free, eliminating hypervisor licensing costs - making it ideal for a short-lived Proof of Concept where minimizing spend is critical. Although the customer runs vSphere, using production ESXi infrastructure (A) introduces VMware licensing overhead and risks to existing workloads, making it less suitable for a throwaway PoC. Bare metal (B) requires physical hardware procurement, which adds lead time and capital expense - the opposite of fast and cheap. AWS (C) adds cloud infrastructure costs and networking complexity that are unnecessary when the goal is a quick on-premises validation.

Memory tip: Think "KVM = no cost, no wait" - it's the hypervisor you can spin up on any Linux box for free, which is exactly what a PoC needs. When you see "fastest + cheapest PoC," default to the free, open-source hypervisor.

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