VMware ACE is an enterprise solution for IT desktop managers who want to rapidly provision standardized and secure PC environments throughout the extended enterprise. VMware ACE enables IT desktop managers to apply enterprise IT policies to a virtual machine containing an operating system, enterprise applications, and data to create an isolated PC environment.
VMware Workstation is powerful virtual machine software for developers and system administrators who want to revolutionize software development, testing and deployment in their enterprise. Shipping for more than five years and winner of over a dozen major product awards, VMware Workstation enables software developers to develop and test the most complex networked server-class applications running on Microsoft Windows, Linux or NetWare all on a single desktop.
Configure and test multi-tier applications, application updates, and operating system patches on a single PC
Easily restore or share archived test environments, reducing repetitive configuration and set-up time
Streamline computer-based training by allowing students to always start from a “clean” state and experiment with multiple operating systems, applications, and tools in secure, isolated virtual machines
Run software demos of complex or multi-tier configurations on a single laptop
Accelerate help desk resolution of end-user problems with a library of pre-configured virtual machines
Begin enjoying the benefits of server virtualization with the free VMware Server. VMware Server installs on any existing server hardware and partitions a physical server into multiple virtual machines by abstracting processor, memory, storage and networking resources, giving you greater hardware utilization and flexibility. Streamline software development and testing and simplify server provisioning as you utilize the ability to “build once, deploy many times.”
Streamline software development and testing by allowing developers to create multiple environments with different operating systems on the same server.
Simplify IT testing of patches, new applications and operating systems by allowing systems administrators to test in secure virtual machines and be able to roll back to a clean state by leveraging snapshots.
Simplify server provisioning by building a virtual machine once and deploying it multiple times.
Evaluate software in ready-to-run virtual machines without installation and configuration.
Re-host legacy operating systems such as Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server in a virtual machine running on new hardware and operating system.
ESX Server speeds service deployments and adds management flexibility by partitioning x86 servers into a pool of secure, portable and hardware-independent virtual machines. Customers minimize total cost of ownership by greatly increasing server utilization and simplifying system administration. The unique bare-metal architecture of ESX Server offers reliability, performance and scalability exceeding any other server virtualization technology.
ESX Server installs on the “bare metal” and allows multiple unmodified operating systems and their applications to run in virtual machines that share physical resources.
Each virtual machine represents a complete system, with processors, memory, networking, storage and BIOS.
Advanced resource allocation policies for virtual machines allow you to guarantee resources to even your most resource-intensive applications.
Enterprise-class software that allows you to manage your virtual infrastructure. VirtualCenter provides the central point of control for enterprise-wide workload management, provisioning and availability. It simplifies IT so companies leverage their storage, network, and computing resources to control costs and respond faster.
VMware HA is a feature-rich product that continuously monitors all physical servers in a resource pool and restarts virtual machines affected by server failure.
Optimize and manage your IT infrastructure, from the desktop to the data center, by virtualizing your computing, storage and networking systems with VMware server software. VMware products provide enterprise-class virtual machines that increase server and other resource utilization, improve performance, increase security and minimize system downtime, reducing the cost and complexity of delivering enterprise services. By leveraging your existing technology, VMware enables the roll out of new applications with less risk and lower platform costs.
VMware Infrastructure 3
Transform IT Infrastructure with Enterprise-Class Virtualization
Start creating a self-optimizing IT infrastructure today with the most widely deployed virtual infrastructure suite. VMware Infrastructure 3, the InfoWorld 2007 Technology of the Year, virtualizes servers, storage and networks, to transform IT infrastructure into an automated, always-on computer “utility plant.” More than 100,000 companies of all sizes have been able to slash the costs of IT infrastructure while streamlining the management of IT environments, and delivering better services levels to the business.
Build your virtual datacenter with the product suite that delivers you a choice of best-in-class hypervisors along with a comprehensive set of management and automation capabilities that increase IT efficiency, availability and management.
Improve Application Availability and Business Continuity with Your Choice of Bare-Metal Hypervisors
Increase application availability and business continuity independent of hardware and operating systems with the industry’s most stable bare-metal hypervisors. Choose VMware ESX for integrated management functions and service console or VMware ESXi for the smallest hypervisor footprint and OC-independence. Either way, you eliminate planned downtime for server and storage maintenance with live migration of virtual machines across physical servers and storage arrays. Once you’ve built your virtual datacenter, create, automate, and test your entire disaster recovery process with VMware Site Recovery Manager.
Minimize Your Total Cost of Infrastructure Ownership
Increase hardware utilization and reduce hardware requirements with server consolidation ratios commonly exceeding ten virtual machines per physical processor.
Reduce required datacenter square footage, rack space, power, cooling, cabling, storage and network components by reducing the sheer number of physical machines.
Streamline IT Infrastructure Management
Streamline the execution of IT management processes such as provisioning, capacity management, availability management, continuity management and service level management.
Eliminate cumbersome software installations and configurations with virtual appliances.
Decrease IT labor costs and refocus IT teams on value added, strategic tasks.
Provide Mainframe Class Availability and Reliability
Improve application availability and business continuity independent of hardware and operating systems.
Eliminate planned downtime for server and storage maintenance with live migration of virtual machines across physical servers and storage array.
Improve Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Objective in case of an entire site outage
What are the Benefits of VMware Infrastructure?
VMware Infrastructure uses virtualization technology to deliver transformative capital and operating cost savings as well as increased operational efficiency, flexibility and IT service levels.
VMware Infrastructure delivers measurable savings in both capital and operating costs:
Increases hardware utilization and reduces hardware requirements with server consolidation ratios commonly exceeding ten virtual machines per physical processor.
Reduces the cost of rack space and power proportionate to the consolidation ratio achieved.
Decreases labor cost by simplifying and automating labor and resource intensive IT operations across disparate hardware, operating system and software application environments.
VMware Infrastructure improves responsiveness, serviceability, availability and flexibility of IT infrastructure:
Enables broad-based, cost-effective application availability and business continuity, independent of hardware and operating systems.
Enables continuous uptime and non-disruptive maintenance of IT environments with live migration of entire running systems.
Eliminates the need for cumbersome software installation and configuration with virtual appliances.
Accelerates application development and deployment lifecycles.
Improves responsiveness to business needs with instant provisioning and dynamic optimization of application environments.
Allows legacy systems to co-exist with new environments.
How Does VMware Infrastructure Work?
VMware Infrastructure virtualizes and aggregates industry standard servers and their attached network and storage into unified resource pools. Complete environments, including operating systems and applications, are encapsulated in virtual machines that are independent from the hardware. A set of virtualization-based distributed infrastructure services for virtual machines bring breakthrough levels of flexibility, serviceability and efficiency to IT environments:
Central management and monitoring of virtual machines automate and simplify provisioning.
Distributed resource optimization dynamically and intelligently allocates the available resources among virtual machines, resulting in significantly higher hardware utilization and better alignment of IT resources with business priorities.
Easy-to-use high-availability provides better service levels to applications at lower cost than static, physical infrastructure.
Live migration capabilities allow maintenance of underlying server and storage hardware without disruption to application users.
Centralized patch management for physical host servers and guest operating systems keeps the infrastructure secure and compliant.
ware Infrastructure is not tied to any operating system, giving customers a bias-free choice of operating system and software applications. VMware Infrastructure scales to support IT environments of any size.
Run all your production applications at near-native performance on VMware’s next-generation OS-independent hypervisor, now available for free. VMware ESXi has the same functionality and performance as VMware ESX but with a 32 MB disk footprint. With the ability to seamlessly upgrade to VMware Infrastructure 3, customers can add the benefits of server consolidation, automatic load balancing and business continuity to VMware ESXi.
Get Production-Ready Virtualization that is Easy-to-Use
Deliver unmatched levels of performance, reliability and security with VMware ESXi when you launch your first virtual machine minutes after installation.
VMware ESXi is built on the same proven technology as VMware ESX, so it’s powerful enough to run even the most resource intensive applications and trusted enough for your critical deployments. VMware ESXi is available free of charge and delivers:
Simple Set Up
Unmatched Reliability
High Performance and High Consolidation Ratios
Simplified Management
Benefits of VMware Virtualization:
Save money and streamline operations with server consolidation and containment by running software applications on fewer servers
Provide high availability and disaster recovery to all your applications at a fraction of the complexity and cost of existing solutions
Automate key processes to transform IT into a flexible and agile business partner
CreateVirtual Machines Quickly and Easily
Step through the menu-driven startup and automatic configurations and you’ll have virtual machines set up and running within minutes of booting your server.
Create your own virtual machine or import a virtual appliance with direct integration between VMware ESXi and the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace.
Deploy servers that have VMware ESXi embedded to experience true “plug and play” virtualization.
ReliablyRun Multiple Operating Systems on a Single Server
Deploy mature hypervisor technology that is proven in tens of thousands of customer environments
Minimize risk by deploying the only operating system independent hypervisor and avoid the security hardening, user access control and anti-virus tasks associated with an OS
Choose from the broadest range of supported guest operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Netware, and Solaris
Learn more about the fault-tolerant features in VMware ESXi such as storage multipathing and NIC teaming
Get Higher Consolidation Ratios for the Most Resource Intensive Applications
Run email, databases, ERP and other resource-intensive applications on VMware ESXi’s bare-metal architecture offering advanced memory management and support for scaled-up physical and virtual machines
Run virtual machines at twice the consolidation ratio possible with other first-generation hypervisors and minimize your hardware costs
Remotely Perform Management Tasks Such As Configuration, Maintenance, Patches and Updates
Get point-and-click management for your ESXi host and its virtual machines using the intuitive graphical interface of VMware Infrastructure Client.
Take snapshots of your virtual machines and roll back changes when testing patches or updates, monitor performance and resource utilization, and perform basic hardware component monitoring.
Seamlessly Upgrade to VMware Infrastructure
Upgrading to VMware Infrastructure 3, the most widely deployed virtual infrastructure suite in the market, is as simple as adding a license file.
VMware Infrastructure delivers improved service levels and operational efficiency by enabling centralized management, automatic load balancing, business continuity, power management and the ability to live migrate a virtual machine across physical machines to minimize service interruption.
The capabilities of VMware Infrastructure are supported on both VMware ESXi and VMware ESX.