VMware ESX Server

Create the foundation for the dynamic and automated data centre with VMware ESX - the market leading hypervisor, production-proven at thousands of customers of all sizes. VMware ESX abstracts server processor, memory, storage and networking resources into multiple virtual machines, forming the robust foundation of the VMware Infrastructure 3 suite. Since 2001 VMware ESX has set the standard for highest levels of performance, scalability and reliability.

VMware ESX is now also available as VMware ESXi, offering all the same functionality but with a thin 32 MB footprint that provides unparalleled security and reliability, while integration as server firmware makes deployment fast and easy. VMware ESXi will soon be available integrated in server systems. It is now available for purchase as a standalone hard drive install.

• VMware ESX Data Sheet
  

Start Achieving the Benefits of Virtualisation

• VMware ESX and VMware ESXi are “bare metal” hypervisors that partition physical servers in multiple virtual machines. Each virtual machine represents a complete system, with processors, memory, networking, storage and BIOS.
• Multiple virtual machines can share physical resources and run side by side on the same server.
• Operating systems and applications can run unmodified in virtual machines.
• VMware ESX and VMware ESXi form the robust foundation of the VMware Infrastructure 3 suite. VMware ESX and VMware ESXi are included in all VMware Infrastructure editions. Learn more about the VMware Infrastructure editions.

Benefits of Virtualisation:

• Realise production server consolidation and containment by running software applications on fewer servers.
• Provide advanced business continuity protection at lower cost and deliver high availability for critical applications.
• Streamline software test and development by consolidating disparate development, testing, and staging environments with multiple operating systems on the same hardware.
• Re-host legacy applications on new hardware for improved reliability.

Leverage the Most Advanced and Production-Proven Hypervisor

Virtualise even the most resource-intensive applications with advanced resource management, high availability and security features.

• Virtualise mission critical applications with the hypervisor that sets the industry standard for reliability. Instances of VMware ESX have been running in production customer environments for more than 3 years without a second of downtime.
• Leverage the most advanced hypervisor capabilities that result from a decade of pioneering research and development in virtualisation.
• Get from server boot to running virtual machines in a few minutes with VMware ESXi embedded in server systems.
• Virtualise any environment, from the corporate data centre to the branch office, with a compatibility list that includes more than 200 server and storage systems. Run unmodified Windows, Linux, Solaris, and NetWare operating systems in virtual machines.
• Leverage high performance shared storage for greater manageability, flexibility and availability with VMware VMFS – a high performance cluster file system optimised for virtual environments.
• Run even the most resource intensive enterprise applications in virtual machines with expanded processor, memory and storage limits. Enable a single virtual machine to use up to four physical processors with VMware Virtual SMP.
• Optimise virtual machine resource allocation with minimum, maximum and proportional resource sharing for CPU, memory, disk and network bandwidth.
• Achieve data centre-class high availability with shared storage, SAN transparency, built-in storage access multipathing and support for Microsoft Clustering Services.
• Enhance IT infrastructure security with LUN zoning and masking, VLAN traffic tagging and filtering, and enforcing security at the Ethernet layer.

VMware ESX and VMware ESXi are included in all VMware Infrastructure editions.

VMware Infrastructure Offerings

	VMware ESXi	VMware Infrastructure Foundation	VMware Infrastructure Standard	VMware Infrastructure Enterprise
	Single Server Partitioning1	(Previously Starter)Virtualisation for Small Business or Branch office	High Availability Infrastructure Virtualisation Suite for Any Workload	Enterprise-class Infrastructure Virtualisation Suite for the Dynamic Data Center
ESX or ESXi VMFS Virtual SMP
VirtualCenter Agent
Consolidated Backup3
Update Manager3
VMware HA3
VMotion3
Storage VMotion3
VMware DRS3
VirtualCenter Server	Available as a separately licensed product. Licensed on per-server basis separate from VMware Infrastructure 3 editions.			Buy Now!

¹ Managing VMware ESXi requires a VirtualCenter Server agent available in VMware Infrastructure 3 Foundation, Standard, or Enterprise editions.

² Support and Subscription (SnS) is required to be purchased with these editions.

³ These products require VirtualCenter Server (previously VirtualCenter Management Server).

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