VMware announced today VMware vSphere 4 former known as VMware Infrastructure. The main new Feature is the Cloud Computing function. VMware Sphere 4 has also other new possibilities.
- up to 8 virtual CPUs in a VM (instead of 4 CPU’s)
- up to 10 virtual Network Adapters in a VM (instead of 4 Network Adapters)
- up to 255GB RAM in a VM (instead of 64GB)
- speed advantages
vSphere now supports:
- 32 physical Servers
- 2048 CPU Cores
- 1280 virtual Machines
- 32TB RAM
- 16PB Storage
- 8000 Network Adapters
VMware releases the new product this summer. Press releases:
- VMware vSphere™ 4 Sets New Records in Virtualization Performance
- VMware vSphereTM 4 Launch Supported by Broad Virtualization Ecosystem
- VMware Unveils the Industry’s First Operating System for Building the Internal Cloud—VMware vSphere™ 4
- VMware vSphere™ 4 Provides ‘Always On IT’ for SMB and Branch Office IT Environments With Low Cost, High Availability Solutions
