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VMware announce vSphere4 the worlds first Cloud Operating System
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VMware vSphere™, the industry’s first cloud operating system, leverages the power of virtualization to transform datacenters into dramatically simplified cloud computing infrastructures and enables IT organizations to deliver the next generation of flexible and reliable IT services, using internal and external resources, securely and with low risk.
Building on the proven power of the VMware® Infrastructure platform, used by more than 130,000 customers, VMware vSphere™ dramatically reduces capital and operating costs, and increases control over delivery of IT services while preserving the flexibility to choose between any type of OS, application and hardware, hosted in-house or using external resources.
With VMware vSphere™ providing the foundation for internal and external clouds, using federation and standards to bridge internal and external cloud infrastructures, organizations of all sizes can achieve the full benefits of cloud computing.
What’s New?
Distributed Power Management (DPM), included with VMware DRS, automates energy efficiency in VMware DRS clusters by continuously optimizing server power consumption within each
cluster.
VMware vStorage Thin Provisioning provides dynamic allocation of storage capacity, allowing storage purchases to be deferred until they are really required, reducing storage spending by up to 50 percent.
VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch simplifies and enhances the provisioning, administration and control of virtual machine networking in VMware vSphere™ environments. It also enables third-party distributed virtual switches such as the Cisco Nexus 1000v to be used in VMware vSphere™ environments, providing network administrators with familiar interfaces to control quality of
service at the virtual machine level.
VMware Fault Tolerance provides continuous availability, without any data loss or downtime, to any application, in the event of hardware failures.
VMware Data Recovery provides simple, cost effective, agentless backup and recovery for virtual machines, in smaller environments.
VMware vShield Zones simplifies application security by enforcing corporate security policies at the application level in a shared environment, while still maintaining trust and network segmentation of users and sensitive data.
VMware VMsafe™ enables the use of security products that work in conjunction with the virtualization layer to provide higher levels of security to virtual machines than even physical servers.
Hot add enables CPU and memory to be added to virtual machines when needed without disruption or downtime.
Hot plug enables virtual storage and network devices to be added to or removed from virtual machines without disruption or downtime.
Hot extend of virtual disks allows virtual storage to be added to running virtual machines without disruption or downtime
VMware vSphere can be purchased in the following editions:
• VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus includes the full range of vSphere features for transforming datacenters into dramatically simplified cloud computing environments providing the next generation of flexible, reliable IT services.
• VMware vSphere Enterprise provides key features for minimizing downtime, protecting data, and automating resource management.
• VMware vSphere Advanced provides a strategic consolidation solution that protects all applications against planned and unplanned downtime to provide superior application availability.
• VMware vSphere Standard provides an entry level solution for basic consolidation of applications to slash hardware costs while accelerating application deployment.
• VMware vSphere Essentials Plus provides an all-in-one solution for small offices to virtualize three physical servers, reducing hardware costs while ensuring superior high application availability and data protection.
• VMware vSphere Essentials provides an all-in-one solution for small offices to virtualize three physical
servers for consolidating and managing applications to reduce hardware and operating costs with a low up front investment
