Francis Dipietromaria WebLog

The vCenter Server (known as Virtual Center) the next release of vSphere (known as Virtual Infrastructure) will be released in the Linux version.

Big news for the next release of VMware Virtual Infrastructure. In addition to changing the name of the product, this also comes the news that fits perfectly with the context "social / political" of the moment:

1. First, the vCenter Server is an absolutely critical component around which revolves the entire VMware infrastructure, both for the virtualization, both for the brokering of the desktop. The fact that we place this item on a Linux based servers could provide enormous benefits in terms of stability, both for the operating system itself, but also because statistically unix servers are less prone to tweaking by administrators improvised
2. In the scenario of war between Microsoft and VMware is also sent a message: our architecture does not need Windows! Message that will certainly not be appreciated by Redmond.

At this point it is possible that VMware will soon pull out of the hat is also a VI Client for Linux to strengthen its position Ulteriano.

The news is even more interesting to the world of reality in small SMEs to save a Microsoft licensing is always nice.

For more information:

• VMware vSphere 4.0 will have to vCenter Server for Linux

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