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Transform IT Infrastructure
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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:
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
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