| Developer(s) | VMware, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 3.5 Update 4 / March 30, 2009 |
| Platform | x86-compatible |
| Type | Virtual machine suite |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | VMware Infrastructure |
VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI) is a suite of computer hardware virtualization products from VMware, Inc. (a division of EMC Corporation). The suite includes:
Users can supplement this software bundle by purchasing optional products, such as VMotion, as well as distributed services such as:
VMware Inc. released VMware Infrastructure 3 in June 2006. The suite comes in three "editions": Starter, Standard and Enterprise.
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Known limitations in VMware Infrastructure 3 may constrain the design of data centers:[1]
As of June 2008[update] limitations in VMware Infrastructure 3 version 3.5 include the following:
Other limitations exist, for example, volume size is limited to 64 TB with no more than 6 SCSI controllers per virtual machine; maximum number of remote consoles to a virtual machine is 10. It is also not possible to connect fibre-channel driven tape-drives, which hinders the ability to do backups using these drives.
VMware is now moving towards a cloud computing model with their VMware vSphere 4 release.