--- description: Broadcom adds VMware Live Recovery and Salt-based compliance to VCF Advanced Services and launches 128-core vSphere Express on vSphere 9. title: Broadcom Launches 128-Core vSphere Express and Adds Live Recovery and Compliance Services to VMware Cloud Foundation image: https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Storagereview-VMware-VCf-e1793792171490.jpg --- [![Storage Review]()](https://storagereview.com/) --- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/@storagereview) [X (Twitter)](https://twitter.twitter.com/storagereview) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storagereview-com) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/storagereview?sub_confirmation=1) [Email](mailto:info@storagereview.com) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/StorageReview/) [Discord](https://discord.gg/TwMHb4azdC) [RSS Feed](https://www.storagereview.com/rss.xml) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/@storagereview) [X (Twitter)](https://twitter.com/storagereview) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storagereview-com) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/storagereview?sub_confirmation=1) [Email](mailto:info@storagereview.com) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/StorageReview/) [Discord](https://discord.gg/TwMHb4azdC) [RSS Feed](https://www.storagereview.com/rss.xml) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview) [![StorageReview.com](https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Storage-Review-2x.png)](https://www.storagereview.com) ≡ Menu - [Home](https://www.storagereview.com/) - [Storage Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/review) - [End User Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/consumer) - [Enterprise Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise) - [Ubiquiti Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/best/ubiquiti-reviews) - [SR Merch](https://store.storagereview.com) - [Leaderboards](https://www.storagereview.com/best) - [Best Storage Arrays](https://www.storagereview.com/best/storage-arrays) - [Best Enterprise SSDs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/enterprise-ssds) - [Best Servers](https://www.storagereview.com/best/servers) - [Best Enterprise GPUs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/enterprise-gpus) - [Best Desktops for Local AI](https://www.storagereview.com/best/desktops-local-ai) - [Best Laptops for Local AI](https://www.storagereview.com/best/laptops-local-ai) - [Best Local LLM Tools](https://www.storagereview.com/best/local-llm-tools) - [Agentic AI Hardware](https://www.storagereview.com/best/agentic-ai-hardware) - [Best SSDs & Hard Drives](https://www.storagereview.com/best_drives) - [Best Portable SSDs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/portable-ssds) - [Best Business Laptops](https://www.storagereview.com/best/business-laptops) - [Best Mobile Workstations](https://www.storagereview.com/best/mobile-workstations) - [Best Desktop Workstations](https://www.storagereview.com/best/desktop-workstations) - [Best Mini PCs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/mini-pcs) - [Best Laptop Battery Life](https://www.storagereview.com/best/laptop-battery-life) - [Storage Reference Guide](https://www.storagereview.com/storage-reference-guide) - [About SR](https://www.storagereview.com/about-storagereview) - [StorageReview.com Sweepstakes Rules and Regulations](https://www.storagereview.com/storagereview-com-sweepstakes-rules-and-regulations) Search [Home](https://www.storagereview.com/) » [News](https://www.storagereview.com/news) » Broadcom Launches 128-Core vSphere Express and Adds Live Recovery and Compliance Services to VMware Cloud Foundation # Broadcom Launches 128-Core vSphere Express and Adds Live Recovery and Compliance Services to VMware Cloud Foundation by Harold Fritts on November 4, 2026 [AI](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise/ai)  ◇  [Enterprise](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise) Broadcom today updated the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) portfolio with two new Advanced Services, VMware Live Recovery and VMware Compliance and Configuration Management, and introduced VMware vSphere Express, a 128-core package built on vSphere 9 for smaller environments. The update also lays out the next VCF release, planned for Broadcom’s fiscal first quarter of 2027, with automated AI infrastructure deployment, native S3-compatible object storage on vSAN, infrastructure compliance management, policy-based VPC connectivity, and native disaster recovery. ![Broadcom defense in depth diagram for VMware Cloud Foundation, mapping software supply chain, lateral and web, and infrastructure security layers to VCF, vDefend, HyperArmor, Live Recovery, and Compliance and Configuration Management](https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Storagereview-VMware-VCf-e1793792171490.jpg) ## VCF 9.1.1 Added Shared AI Models and Confidential Computing Two of the capabilities Broadcom highlights shipped with VCF 9.1.1, which reached general availability on September 3 and which we covered from [VMware Explore 2026](https://www.storagereview.com/news/vmware-explore-2026-broadcom-doubles-down-on-private-cloud-economics-and-agentic-ai). Multi-tenant Model Sharing lets several internal business units consume one centrally deployed Model Runtime stack while keeping per-tenant data privacy, security boundaries, and isolated context. Broadcom says sharing the deployment cuts GPU count and infrastructure cost against running a model stack per tenant, and it has not published GPU savings or cost figures for the claim. ![VMware diagram of Multi-Tenant Model Sharing in VCF 9.1.1, with two organizations running separate model runtimes before and sharing one Model Runtime with separate namespaces after]() Confidential computing, which Broadcom lists as generally available in VCF 9.1.1, encrypts data in use at the hardware level on AMD and Intel platforms, with AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX as the supported implementations. Broadcom says it protects workloads against CPU vulnerability exploitation, VM-cloning data exfiltration, and cross-tenant data leakage, and cryptographic attestation confirms a workload is running untampered. The company positions it for regulated, sovereign cloud, and AI workloads where data privacy is the deciding requirement. ## Next VCF Release Targets AI Provisioning and Native Object Storage AI Infrastructure Quickstart, planned for the next release, automates the setup of private AI infrastructure through a vCenter plugin that handles vCenter cluster deployment, Supervisor configuration, and vSphere Kubernetes Service cluster provisioning. Broadcom calls it an automated Day 0 deployment and has not given deployment-time figures. The company’s fiscal first quarter of 2027 runs through the start of February, so the release is about a quarter out if the estimate holds. ![VCF Automation screenshot of a vSAN object store with a Buckets view listing folders and files, from Broadcom's slide on vSAN native S3-compatible object storage promoting to GA in Q1 FY27]() vSAN native S3-compatible object storage, which entered VCF 9.1.1 as a tech preview, is planned to reach general availability in the same release. It provides object storage inside VCF for AI projects, cloud-native applications, and backup and recovery workloads, with self-service provisioning through vSphere Supervisor or VCF Automation, so a VCF tenant can create buckets without a separate object storage platform. ## Infrastructure Compliance, VPC Connectivity, and Native Recovery VCF infrastructure configuration management and compliance, planned as a native feature inside VCF Operations in the next release, monitors VCF component settings against benchmarks including the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard and the VCF Security Baseline, with configuration drift detection and remediation for components such as vCenter and VCF Storage. Broadcom frames it as a move from reactive to proactive compliance management for the platform itself. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) policy-based connectivity, scheduled for the same release, lets platform engineers define shared services, workload isolation, and security policies once and apply them across environments, while developers consume network resources through self-service without manual approvals. Native disaster recovery is planned for both VCF and VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF), orchestrating recovery across thousands of workloads after power outages, hardware failures, natural disasters, and human error; Broadcom has not published recovery time or recovery point objectives for it. ## Advanced Services Add Hypervisor Defense, Cyber Recovery, and Salt-Based Compliance VMware HyperArmor, announced at Explore on Tour Frankfurt, is now on the Advanced Services list as a real-time defense layer for the ESX hypervisor in VCF. It applies virtual patches to mitigate vulnerabilities before a host is patched, monitors the hypervisor continuously with positive security guardrails that block unauthorized software, and adds multi-factor authentication to the SSH login path so a stolen password alone does not grant access. ![VMware HyperArmor diagram mapping exploit attempts, unauthorized software, and stolen passwords to real-time virtual patching, continuous monitoring and behavioral blocking, and multi-factor authentication for SSH on the ESX hypervisor]() VMware Live Recovery joins the catalog today with disaster and cyber recovery for VMware workloads, integrated with VCF. In the on-premises cyber recovery workflow, protected VMs replicate from the primary site across an air gap into an isolated clean room on vSAN, where VM network isolation and endpoint detection and response scanning run before workloads return to production. Broadcom says iterative recovery and enterprise-scale orchestration lower the cost of running separate recovery tools. ![VMware Live Recovery on-premises cyber recovery diagram: protected VMs at the primary location replicate across an air gap to an isolated clean room on vSAN with VM network isolation and EDR]() VMware Compliance and Configuration Management is the second service added today. It is built on the VMware Salt remote execution engine, which Broadcom previously sold inside VMware Advanced Cyber Compliance and now offers on its own, and it enforces compliance for VM and container workloads with event-driven detection of unauthorized file changes or exposed ports and automated remediation. Supported benchmarks include the Center for Internet Security (CIS), the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and customer-defined standards, and it is separate from the infrastructure compliance feature planned inside VCF Operations. ![VMware Compliance and Configuration Management console showing a Benchmarks Catalog with CIS benchmarks for Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Windows Server]() ## vSphere Express Ships for Smaller Environments [VMware vSphere Express](https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vsphere) is available now in all regions. Built on vSphere 9, it is a 128-core package for smaller environments that includes vMotion, High Availability, Distributed Switch, vCenter Quick Patch, and TPM 2.0 and vTPM 2.0 support, and Broadcom has not published pricing. For the European Economic Area, Broadcom will keep vSphere Standard 8 and vSphere Enterprise Plus 8 on sale until October 31, 2027, with extended support on active subscriptions until the subscription ends or October 31, 2028, whichever comes first. ### [VMware Cloud Foundation Product Page](https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vmware-cloud-foundation) **Engage with StorageReview** [Newsletter](https://www.storagereview.com/storage_newsletter) |  [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/StorageReview "Opens in a new window") | Podcast  [iTunes](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/storagereview-com-storage-reviews/id1060681115 "Opens in a new window")/ [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0 "Opens in a new window") |  [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/ "Opens in a new window") |  [Twitter](https://twitter.com/storagereview "Opens in a new window") |  [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview? 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