Today VMware announced vSphere 5.1. This posting will
give an overview of the most interesting new features.
vSphere 5.1 will be available
September 11 2012 !!
Some highlights are as follows:
- Paul Maritz steps down as CEO after leading
the company for 4 years. His successor is Pat Gelsinger
- VMware is focused on building the
architecture for Cloud Computing which is called the Software Defined
Datacenter
- vCloud Suite is announced, consisting
of:
- vSphere
- vCloud Director
- vCloud Networking and Security
- Site Recovery Manager
- vCenter Operations Manager
- vFabric Application Director
- vCloud API’s
- vCloud Connector
- vCenter Orchestrator
vSphere 5.1 is announced
vCloud Director 5.1 is announced
vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 is
announced
vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1 is
announced
vRAM is no more! VMware will
use a priced per CPU model
Cloud Ops, a new operating model for
IT
Monster VMs will get bigger: 64 virtual CPUs
and 1 million IOPS...per VM
Enhanced vMotion: Live migration
without the need of shared storage!
New virtualized storage options
Create secure and logical networks using the
new vCloud Networking & Security suite and VXLAN
vSphere 5.1 contains a full featured browser
based vSphere Client, the Web Client
The vCloud Director interface is now vSphere
Web Client style
The vSphere Web Client now offers great
extensibility options for 3rd party vendors
Use vFabric Application Director for
deploying complex applications
Existing vSphere Enterprise Plus customers
will get a free upgrade to the vCloud Suite
VMware recently acquired Nicira, a company
that virtualizes networking
More detailed information on all
these announcements follow below:
VMware changed the features in the vSphere editions.
The features below all are available now in Standard Edition as
well.
