Summary of the keynote given at VMWorld VMware conference sep 2008:
* Virtual Infrastructure 4.0 itself has not been announced, yet the major components have already been introduced:
* Virtual Datacenter OS [VDC OS] consists of the following:
o the hardware/interaction layer:
vCompute - platform that interacts with the hardware, with vCompute the hardware specifications have been adapted to:
# 8 virtual CPUS
# 256GB per VM
# 40 GB/s network throughput
# up to 64 nodes per cluster
# up to 4906 cores to manage
# full support for DPM
* vStorage - new features have also been announced on the level of storage. VMFS and storage vMotion will be extended with stroage thin provisioning and linked clones
* vNetwork - the network layer functionalities have been improved with virtual distributed networking and support for 3rd party solutions.
o the application layer:
# vAPP: gives applications priorities and SLA levels (hello legal disagreement with Microsoft?)
# VMware FT: high availability with 2 vMs in sync (like Marathon Technologies everrun VM)
# Security (shouldn’t that be vSecurity?): VMsafe APIs on the way
o The management layer
# Virtual Center - vCenter with chargeback, performance optimization, orchestration and many other modules
# vCenter server component will be available for Linux (as virtual appliance)
We have not yet received any confirmation on the general availability of VI4 (of which VDC-OS will be a big part), yet the solution seems to be in beta or beta 2.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Software Technology VS Hardware Technology
In the Enterprise environment Hardware design & implementation was happening at never before pace. each hardware vendors (IBM, HP, Intel, AMD, SUN, Dell, EMC2, NetApp & 1000's of many more small & big enterprises) tried to come up with highly competitive technologies & they did succeeded in their achievements to a larger extent.
The Hardware innovations continue to evolve as it is happening from past few decades with even higher pace. the advancement in the multiple-core processor technologies being implemented by Intel & other vendors will continue to boast other hardware (servers, Switches, routers, storage appliances etc.) innovations in future.
But another interesting point i like to make here is about "Enterprise Software Technology". in the recent decade, Enterprise Software does not mean just Operating System (OS), it is more than just OS, we have seen enterprise Management software, Network management software, Telecom network management software, Wireless management software to name a few.
very recently, VMWARE's virtualization software success has taken the Enterprise industries by surprise & it has resulted in "Software Enterprise Technology" showdown by some of the biggest software players such as Microsoft, Xensource,SUN, IBM, HP etc. this is interesting as the enterprise software fever is catching up like wild fire, more & more competitors are born every day.
Software being easy and cost effective Technology to design & implement, there is going to be Enterprise software Revolution in the cards. one of the first sign was Virtualization software of VMware & now Microsoft windows 2008 OS.
very recently, in the just concluded VMware's VMWorld conference in Las vegas, USA. VMware announced that it is building nothing less than a "virtual datacenter OS" -- VDC OS for short -- that will eventually make traditional operating systems "all but disappear."
This is the next sign of Enterprise Software Revolution that i am talking about.
If you like to know more details of it, check out http://weblog.infoworld.com/fatalexception/archives/2008/09/vmware_proposes.html
The Hardware innovations continue to evolve as it is happening from past few decades with even higher pace. the advancement in the multiple-core processor technologies being implemented by Intel & other vendors will continue to boast other hardware (servers, Switches, routers, storage appliances etc.) innovations in future.
But another interesting point i like to make here is about "Enterprise Software Technology". in the recent decade, Enterprise Software does not mean just Operating System (OS), it is more than just OS, we have seen enterprise Management software, Network management software, Telecom network management software, Wireless management software to name a few.
very recently, VMWARE's virtualization software success has taken the Enterprise industries by surprise & it has resulted in "Software Enterprise Technology" showdown by some of the biggest software players such as Microsoft, Xensource,SUN, IBM, HP etc. this is interesting as the enterprise software fever is catching up like wild fire, more & more competitors are born every day.
Software being easy and cost effective Technology to design & implement, there is going to be Enterprise software Revolution in the cards. one of the first sign was Virtualization software of VMware & now Microsoft windows 2008 OS.
very recently, in the just concluded VMware's VMWorld conference in Las vegas, USA. VMware announced that it is building nothing less than a "virtual datacenter OS" -- VDC OS for short -- that will eventually make traditional operating systems "all but disappear."
This is the next sign of Enterprise Software Revolution that i am talking about.
If you like to know more details of it, check out http://weblog.infoworld.com/fatalexception/archives/2008/09/vmware_proposes.html
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Latest Storage market status - Q2 2008
HP, IBM, Dell, SUN are all top global enterprises with broad range of products, here i have current market status for these companies in External Storage segment only.
According to analyst group IDC, Despite tough conditions in the U.S. economy, which have decreased demand for everything from new homes to semiconductors, the market for computer data storage Relevant
Products/Services systems is going strong.
EMC continued to lead the external disk storage systems market with 21.7 percent of the revenue share, followed by IBM at 13.1 percent, HP at 12.9 percent, Dell at 9.2 percent, NetApp at 8.0 percent and Hitachi at 7.6 percent. Of the top five suppliers, EMC and NetApp posted the strongest year-over-year revenue growth at 19.7 percent and 17.2 percent, respectively.
The Open SAN market grew 15.5 percent year-over-year, with EMC leading with 23.9 percent of revenue share, followed by HP at 16.7 percent. The NAS market experienced year-over-year growth of 23.5 percent, with EMC leading with 39.8 percent of revenue share, followed by NetApp at 28.5 percent. The iSCSI SAN market showed year-over-year revenue growth of 93.9 percent, with Dell leading the market (due to its acquisition of EqualLogic) with 32.8 percent of the revenue share, followed by NetApp at 14.6 percent and EMC at 14.1 percent.
**********for more information check out http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=23687 *******************
According to analyst group IDC, Despite tough conditions in the U.S. economy, which have decreased demand for everything from new homes to semiconductors, the market for computer data storage Relevant
Products/Services systems is going strong.
EMC continued to lead the external disk storage systems market with 21.7 percent of the revenue share, followed by IBM at 13.1 percent, HP at 12.9 percent, Dell at 9.2 percent, NetApp at 8.0 percent and Hitachi at 7.6 percent. Of the top five suppliers, EMC and NetApp posted the strongest year-over-year revenue growth at 19.7 percent and 17.2 percent, respectively.
The Open SAN market grew 15.5 percent year-over-year, with EMC leading with 23.9 percent of revenue share, followed by HP at 16.7 percent. The NAS market experienced year-over-year growth of 23.5 percent, with EMC leading with 39.8 percent of revenue share, followed by NetApp at 28.5 percent. The iSCSI SAN market showed year-over-year revenue growth of 93.9 percent, with Dell leading the market (due to its acquisition of EqualLogic) with 32.8 percent of the revenue share, followed by NetApp at 14.6 percent and EMC at 14.1 percent.
**********for more information check out http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=23687 *******************
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