VMware announce the new VMware 4 named vSphere

Published February 26th, 2009 by Paul De Audney

VMware have just announced that the new version of VMware ESX will be called vSphere.

Some of the announced features are:

  • 64bit kernel and console operating system (COS)
  • clustered VirtualCenter Servers
  • ESX hosts profile management
  • cross-hosts virtual networking
  • 8-way virtual SMP
  • virtual machines fault tolerance across multiple hosts (the famous Continuous Availability presented last year)
  • VMs and media library
  • alarms on physical hardware faults
  • access control on storage resources
  • configuration change tracking
  • full support for SATA local storage

So it seems VMware are catching up to Xen with some of the features. There will be interesting times ahead in the virtualization space, with the recent release of Citrix XenServer for free.

With an updated kernel and 64bit COS, end users should see more hardware end up on the compatible list which is good news for those who want to use some of the latest and greatest hardware.

Additionally 3rd party vSwitches are going to be supported. Cisco have demoed their Nexus 1000V with vSphere.

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VPS – Virtual Private Servers now available

Published January 21st, 2009 by Davy Jones

After dabbling with a variety of different virtualisation technologies over the last 2 years we’ve launched a Virtual Private Server (or VPS) offering based on VMware ESX server.

We’ve chosen ESX server for a number of reasons not to mention the ability to perform a sufficient level of monitoring on the host system and have the virtual machines behave in just about every respect the same as a traditional dedicated server would.

A VPS can offer a more affordable step between shared web hosting and dedicated servers but it also creates a more flexible hosting environment. Additional resources can be added to a server with as little effort as a reboot, and they can be added rapidly (hours vs days) in the event that increased performance is needed at short notice.

Learn more about the Anchor VPS service on our website.

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