Transform IT Infrastructure with Enterprise-Class Virtualization

Start creating a self-optimizing IT infrastructure today with the most widely deployed virtual infrastructure suite. VMware Infrastructure 3, the InfoWorld 2007 Technology of the Year, virtualizes servers, storage and networks, to transform IT infrastructure into an automated, always-on computer "utility plant."  More than 100,000 companies of all sizes have been able to slash the costs of IT infrastructure while streamlining the management of IT environments, and delivering better services levels to the business.

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What’s New with VMware Infrastructure

VMware innovations continue to make VMware Infrastructure the industry standard way of computing in datacenters of all sizes and across all industries. VMware Infrastructure is the most widely deployed virtualization platform allowing customers to:

• Manage IT infrastructure in the most efficient way
• Bring mainframe class availability and reliability to x86 datacenters
• Run the most demanding applications in a virtual environment

Updated packaging and pricing, including special bundled packages for Small and Medium Businesses, bring the VMware Infrastructure 3 benefits to serve organizations of any size.

Manage IT Infrastructure in the Most Efficient Way

ESX Server 3i

• VMware’s next generation thin hypervisor integrated into the hardware that sets the standard for rapid, easy deployment and ongoing management
• Makes configuration as easy as setting up a home router appliance and allows users to be up and running with virtual machines in a matter of minutes
• Enables IT professionals to scale out virtual infrastructure on the fly through point-and-click addition of ESX Server hardware hosts to existing resource pools

Guided Consolidation

• Enhancement to VirtualCenter intended for use in smaller environments
• Guides new virtualization users through the consolidation process in a wizard-based, tutorial-like fashion
• Allows first time virtualization users to get started and achieve the benefits of server consolidation faster than ever before
• Leverages capacity planning capabilities to discover physical servers, analyze their performance and trigger the conversion of these physical systems into virtual machines and intelligently places them on the most appropriate VMware ESX Server or VMware Server hosts

VMware Update Manager

• Automates patch and update management for ESX Server hosts and select Microsoft and Linux virtual machines
• Addresses one of the most significant pain points for every IT department - tracking patch levels and manually applying the latest security/bug fixes
• Integrates with DRS to ensure zero-downtime ESX Server host patching capabilities
• Enforces higher levels of compliance to patch standards than physical environments by securely patching offline virtual machines

VMware Distributed Power Management (Experimental)

• Reduces power consumption in the datacenter through intelligent workload balancing
• Automatically powers off servers not currently needed in order to meet service levels, and automatically powers on servers as demand for compute resources increases
   

Bring Mainframe Class Availability and Reliability to x86 Datacenters

ESX Server 3i

• The first and only commercially available hypervisor that does not incorporate or depend on a large “parent partition” or a special purpose virtual machine that runs a full OS image and has privileged access to all other virtual machines.
• Minimizes surface area for potential security attacks, making it the most secure and reliable hypervisor

VMware Storage VMotion

• Enables live migration of virtual machine disks from one datastore to another with no disruption or downtime
• Allows IT administrators to minimize service disruption due to planned storage downtime previously incurred for rebalancing or retiring storage arrays
• Simplifies array migration and or/upgrade tasks, and reduces I/O bottlenecks by moving virtual machines to the best available storage resource in your environment

VMware Site Recovery Manager

• Provides industry-leading capabilities for fully automating the entire disaster recovery process
• Integrates with VMware VirtualCenter and guides users through the process of creating, automating, and testing disaster recovery plans for their virtual infrastructure
• Transforms disaster recovery into a dramatically simpler, faster, and more reliable process that adapts to today’s dynamic datacenters

Run the Most Demanding Applications in a Virtual Environment

ESX Server Performance Optimizations
ESX Server 3.5 and ESX Server 3i v3.5 contain numerous performance optimizations that enable running the most demanding and intense workloads as virtual machines. These include:

• Support for large memory pages(2MB) for ESX Server as well as processor assists for memory virtualization
• Support for paravirt-ops standard incorporated in linux kernels 2.6.21
• Support  for networking performance optimizations such as TCP Segment Offload and jumbo frames that reduce the overhead associated with processing network i/o.
• Support for NPIV enabling assignment of individual virtual HBAs to each virtual machine and QoS analysis by virtual machine.

ESX Server Scalability Enhancements
Easy scaling of workloads with

• Support for 64GB of RAM in virtual machines
• Support for physical machines with up to 256GB of RAM.

Expanded Storage and Networking Choices
Expanded storage and networking choices:

• Support for local SATA storage  
• Support for 10 GigE