VMware Infrastructure 3 is Generally Available
On December 11th, VMware announced that the latest version of VMware Infrastructure 3, including VMware ESX Server 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5, is generally available. The release provides new capabilities for increased levels of automation, improved overall infrastructure availability and higher performance for mission critical workloads.
VMware ESX Server 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 provides the following new features:
- Virtualization platform enhancements help deliver significant performance gains for the most memory and I/O intensive workloads
- VMware Storage VMotion enables live migration of virtual machine disks from one data storage system to another with little to no disruption or downtime.
- VMware Update Manager automates patch and update management for VMware ESX Server hosts and virtual machines by tracking certain patch levels and manually applying the latest security/bug fixes.
- VMware Guided Consolidation, a feature of VMware VirtualCenter enables smaller companies to easily and quickly get started with server consolidation in a step-by-step tutorial fashion.
- VMware Distributed Power Management is an experimental feature that reduces power consumption in the data center through intelligent workload balancing.
Read the full press release >>
Availability, Pricing and Packaging (in USD)
VMware Infrastructure is available for purchase in the following editions:
- VMware Infrastructure 3 Foundation
- VMware Infrastructure 3 Standard
- VMware Infrastructure 3 Enterprise
- VMware Infrastructure 3 Foundation Acceleration Kit
- VMware Infrastructure 3 Standard High Availability Acceleration Kit
- VMware Infrastructure 3 Midsize Acceleration Kit
A Detailed Pricing and Packaing presentation along with other VI3 sales tools can be found in Partner Central > Products & Solutions Tab > Products Page >>
Recorded VMLives trainings on the new VI3 can also be found in the VMLive Portal on the Partner Central Home Page.
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