Configuration Maximums Comparison

Configuration Maximums Comparison

Number of virtual machines per host:
ESX(i) 4.1: 320 VMs per host (all cluster feature restrictions lifted)
ESX(i) 4.0u1: 320 VMs per standalone host
ESX(i) 4.0u1: 256 VMs per host in a DRS cluster
ESX(i) 4.0u1: 160 VMs per host in an HA cluster of 8 or less hosts
ESX(i) 4.0u1: 40 VMs per host in an HA cluster of 9 or more hosts
ESX(i) 3.5u5: 170 VMs per host
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On this day in 2006

On this day in 2006, VMware announced Lab Manager, which enables enterprise software development organizations to more efficiently utilize software development and test lab assets, accelerate software development cycles and increase the quality of delivered software products. Two years later on the same date, version 3.0.1 is released with support for ESX3.5 Updates 3 and 4
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Why EMC PowerPath/VE?

Why EMC PowerPath/VE?
Better availability through:
-active management of intermittent path behavior
-more rapid path state detection
-automated path discovery behavior w/o manual rescan
Better performance:
-through better path selection
-by monitoring & adjusting to ESX host queue depth
-by predictive optimization based on the array port queues
Why not?
-Incompatibilities between PowerPath & non-EMC arrays.
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New in VMware vSphere 4.1

What's New in VMware vSphere 4.1

vCenter Server 4.1 can support three times more virtual machines and hosts per system, as well as more concurrent instances of the vSphere Client and a larger number of virtual machines per cluster than vCenter Server 4.0. The scalability limits of Linked Mode, vMotion, and vNetwork Distributed Switch have also increased.

http://vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_config_max.pdf
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Virtual Computing Environment coalition

On this day in 2009, VMware, Cisco & EMC introduced the Virtual Computing Environment coalition, a collaboration of 3 IT industry leaders. The VCE is created to accelerate customers’ ability to increase business agility through greater IT infrastructure flexibility, & lower IT, energy & real estate costs through pervasive data center virtualization & a transition to private cloud infrastructures.

http://bit.ly/4vm7GX
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vGingerbread Hypervisor

vGingerbread Hypervisor

vSphere 4.0 was released on 5/21/09 and introduced ~150 new features.
vSphere 4.1 was released on 7/13/10 and introduced 150+ new features.
That's 300+ features in 418 days...
or 1 new feature developed every 1.4 days.

Can any competitor catch VMware?
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VMware vSphere Cheat Sheet

Many people stumble on the accurate definition of a VLAN. Although a convenient analogy, a VLAN is really more than just a subnet. Following is a good summary:

"A VLAN is a logical LAN that provides efficient segmentation, security, & broadcast control while allowing traffic to share the same physical LAN segments or same physical switches."
-Scott Lowe, Mastering VMware vSphere 4

http://amzn.to/17CEzy
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