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VMware announce vSphere 4.1 - More Cloud Features and More Performance!!
For more than a decade, VMware vSphere™ set the standard as the most robust and reliable virtualization platform, and now it’s forming the foundation for building cloud infrastructures. Now with VMware vSphere 4.1, you can scale to an unmatched number of virtual machines and virtualized hosts to support the build out of private and public clouds at lower operational costs. Also added are new capabilities for efficient aggregation of all datacenter resources into an elastic pool of computing power that applications can utilize on an as‐needed basis. For more information, you can download data sheets below.
Efficiency Thru Utilization and Automation
- vSphere is the most efficient virtualization platform for cloud computing infrastructures. vSphere 4.1 transforms a traditional static, siloed IT infrastructure into a dynamic, highly elastic, on-demand cloud computing infrastructure.
Agility with Control
– vSphere 4.1 provides the optimum combination of agility with enterprise-class control. vSphere delivers zero-touch infrastructure, with built-in availability, scalability, security, and performance guarantees.
Freedom of Choice
- vSphere 4.1 is based on standards that enable choice and flexibility when it comes to the delivery of application and infrastructure services.
vSphere 4.1 supports of over 500 ISV solutions and 80 operating systems plus the latest x86 processors on the market.
New Features announced:
- Expanded Capability – x32 hosts per Cluster, 320 VM’s per Host, 3,000 VM’s per Cluster, x500 Hosts per vCenter, 10,000 VM’s per vCenter
- Storage I/O Control – Set storage quality of service priorities per virtual machine
- Storage Performance Reporting – Deliver of key storage performance statistics in vCenter
- Network I/O Control – Set network quality of service priorities per flow type (iSCSI, NFS, etc.)
- Memory Compression – A new hierarchy for VMware’s memory overcommit technology
- DRS Host Affinity – Set granular policies that define only certain virtual machine Movements
