The design factors are the primary considerations that influence the design. These factors define the function that the design must accomplish, how it should accomplish it, and what may prevent the design from accomplishing it.
Identifying the design factors
How to do it...
The design factors encompass much more than just the physical resources, such as the CPU, memory, and storage, necessary to run workloads in a virtual environment.
Identifying the design factors needs the following requirements:
- Functional and nonfunctional requirements
- Constraints
- Assumptions
- Risks
