VMWare

VMWare

1. Hypervisor

   • Bare-metal
   • Close to native performance compared to hosted hypervisors
   • Isolates VMS
   • Isolates VMs from Hardware
   • Direct interface with hardware
   • Dynamic Resource sharing & management
   • Guest OS interact with hardware via hypervisor

2. ESXi

   • ESXi Kernel
     • VMWare Management Framework
     • Communication Information Module (CIM)
     • Support Console
   • Run 2048 VMs per host
   • 12TB RAM per host
   • 480 CPUs per host
   • Connects to physical Network and Storage
   • Run VMs
   • Monitoring and management framework

3. VCenter 6.0

   • Manage upto 10000 VMs
   • Manage upto 1000 hosts
   • Easy remote management of several VMs
   • Scalable with multiple Vcenters
   • Performance monitoring and central configuring
   • Define roles and permissions
   • Automate access control and resourses