Today VMware rolled out new updates to both VMware vSphere and VMware vSAN, bringing both up to version 6.7. vSphere and vSAN are the industry’s leading hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) solutions. These new sets of updates are stated as enhancing user experience, security, application support, and hybrid cloud management features.
As more and more companies are embracing their digital transformations they are running into increasingly complex technology environments. Not only that public cloud services and data center resources have rapidly grown and in many cases become necessary for enterprises to utilize. Noting this, VMware has updated its HCI solutions to provide its customers with a fully integrated digital foundation across the heterogeneous hybrid cloud.
The first part of the promise is VMware vSphere 6.7. The company states that its new capabilities and enhancements will help deliver an efficient and more secure platform for all hybrid cloud environments. 6.7 will feature simple and efficient management at scale, comprehensive built-in security, increased support for more workloads, and further enable a seamless hybrid cloud experience. The latest version of vSphere will also continue to be a universal application platform that supports workloads spanning AI, ML, Big Data, business-critical, cloud-native, in-memory, and 3D graphics, among others.
New and enhanced features in VMware vSphere 6.7 include:
VMware are introducing performance improvements and improved end user experiences through its enhanced vCenter Server Appliance. Compared to vSphere 6.5 the new version is 200% faster performance in vCenter operations per second, 300% reduction in memory usage, and 300% faster DRS-related operations (e.g. Power-on, Placement of VM).
VMware vSAN has quickly grown to be the leading HCI software providers and has spilled over into the large public cloud space in both AWS and IBM clouds. vSAN allows its customers to efficiently mange their operations for a low TCO. The latest version aims to reduce time-to-expertise, adds a new interface, as well as advanced monitoring and analytics.
New and enhanced features in VMware vSAN 6.7 include:
VMware also announced vSAN ReadyCare to support its HCI environments. The new service helps customers avoid or quickly resolve issues that in turn maintains performance and availability. This is done through a combination of proactive telemetry capabilities from vSAN Support Insight advanced analytics, and a broad investment in VMware support staff.
Availability
VMware vSphere 6.7 and VMware vSAN 6.7 are both expected to become available by May 2018.
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