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VMware - VMware vSphere Standard

VMware - VMware vSphere Standard

Product Information

Publisher: VMware
Cloud Operating System
VMware vSphere is an operating system transforming IT infrastructures into a private cloud - a collection of internal clouds.

Description:

vSphere

VMware vSphere is the platform for enterprise workloads that delivers the benefits of the cloud to on-premises workloads. The solution combines industry-leading cloud infrastructure technology with DPU and GPU-based acceleration to boost workload performance. vSphere centralises management through the VMware Cloud Console for improved operational efficiency and can be integrated with an increasing number of additional hybrid cloud services to accelerate disaster recovery, ransomware protection, capacity optimisation and planning, among others.

vSphere provides an enterprise-ready, self-service Kubernetes runtime with a multi-cloud management layer that simplifies the operation of Kubernetes clusters. With vSphere, IT and DevOps teams are able to easily build, run, manage and protect their legacy and next-generation applications. vSphere is available in different editions tailored to the individual requirements of customers and also as a SaaS-based subscription offering vSphere+, which allows more flexible use based on an OpEx model.

Simplified operation

  • vSphere+ cloud console: IT administrators can consolidate the management of all vSphere deployments through a centralised cloud console.
  • vSphere+ administration services: Monitor global inventories, available capacity, events, alerts, configuration deviations and security status in a single location. Simplify the lifecycle management of vCenter instances and quickly provision VMs.
  • Lifecycle management: Manage infrastructure images to perform cluster patches, updates or upgrades based on your desired state.
  • Green Metrics: View the power consumption of workloads, infrastructure services and idle time at host level. Uncover opportunities to optimise power consumption
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Intrinsic Security

  • Encryption of virtual machines: Encryption of data at rest for VM data and hard disks
  • vSphere Trust Authority: Remote proofs for sensitive workloads
  • TPM 2.0 support and virtual TPM: Supports TPM 2.0 hardware modules and adds virtual TPM devices to protect guest operating systems from operator or guest-internal attacks

High performance

  • VMware vSphere Distributed Services Engine: Accelerate infrastructure networking functions on the Data Processing Unit (DPU). Reduce operational overhead for DPU management with built-in vSphere workflows. Utilise proven vCenter interfaces for DPU alerts and performance metrics. Use available CPU cycles and achieve higher workload consolidation rates per host.
  • Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS): Automatically load balance resources allocated to workloads in a vSphere cluster; Storage DRS optimises VM data placement at creation and ongoing use.
  • vSphere Persistent Memory: Utilises persistent memory to achieve DRAM-like performance at flash prices.
  • Dynamic DirectPath IO: Support for vGPUs and DirectPath I/O with initial VM placement

Business Continuity

  • High Availability: Automatically restarts your VMs after the failure of physical machines
  • Fault Tolerance: Ensures continuous availability of all applications in the event of hardware failures - without data loss or downtime.
  • vMotion: Supports live virtual machine migrations without user or service disruption, eliminating application downtime during scheduled server maintenance; Storage vMotion avoids downtime during scheduled storage maintenance.
  • vSphere Replication: Efficient, array-independent replication of VM data over LAN or WAN; support for replication functions at VM level

Application development

  • Integration with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid: Run Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service directly on vSphere to simplify on-premises operation of Kubernetes. With TKG, IT administrators can manage compliant Kubernetes distributions while giving developers self-service access to infrastructure.
  • Tanzu Mission Control Essentials: Combined with vSphere+, the solution provides global visibility into your entire Kubernetes deployment and automates operational tasks such as lifecycle management operational tasks such as lifecycle management, access, security management, etc.
  • Cloud Consumption Interface: With vSphere+, DevOps and development teams get easy access to IaaS services. Manage self-service access to IaaS services for your entire vSphere-based cloud infrastructure from one intuitive cloud console