Virtualization Innovation
Core Density
- VMware and Intel multi-core provide the most optimized platform to run the maximum number of virtualized machines per core reducing datacenter hardware, power cooling and space costs.
- See how Intel IT evaluated their dual core vs. quad core system performance in a virtualized environment http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-1512
CPU
- Intel® processors, with Intel Core Microarchitecture and Intel® VT, provide up to 2x greater scalability, 2.5x greater VMware virtualization performance, and 3x performance per watt compared to previous generations.
- Dedicated High Speed Interconnects, increasing the memory bandwidth and application performance within each VMware virtual machine by more than 2x over previous generation platforms.
Memory
- Physical memory provides 4x capacity increase up to 256GB, supporting more VMware virtual machines
- Secure memory sharing between virtual machines allows staggered performance peaks amongst virtual machines on the same physical host.
- Advanced memory management techniques such as memory over-commitment, transparent page sharing and ballooning allow the most number of virtual machines to share the same physical server resources.
Manageability
- Continuously monitor physical servers and virtual machine availability and utilization from a single interface with the ability to set alarms and notifications for CPU, memory and heart-beat states to manage and pre-empt issues.
