BlackBerry Enterprise Server on VMware Virtual Infrastructure: Deployment and Technical Considerations Guide 

This paper provides direction to those interested in running BlackBerry Enterprise Server on VMware Infrastructure 3 or VMware vSphere 4. It provides basic guidance on the architecture of Blackberry Enterprise Server as well as the value of utilizing the VMware platform to provide virtual infrastructure. The paper then provides results of recent testing done jointly by VMware and Research in Motion (RIM), which characterizes the performance and functionality of Blackberry Enterprise Server on VMware infrastructure version 3.5 update 3 and vSphere 4. Finally, the paper outlines some best practices for utilizing Blackberry Enterprise Server and VMware virtual infrastructure together in the datacenter.