현재 사용중인 테스트 서버 (VMware ESXi 5.0 installed)
라이선스 정책 때문에 말도 많고 탈도 많았던 VMware vSphere 5.0 제품을 이제 다운로드 할 수 있습니다. 관련해서 vSphere 5.0 에서 중요하다고 생각되는 내용들만 뽑아보면..
(출처: http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-esx-vcenter-server-50-new-features.html)
- 32-way virtual SMP
ESXi 5.0 supports virtual machines with up to 32 virtual CPUs, which lets you run larger CPU-intensive workloads on the VMware ESXi platform. - 1TB of virtual machine RAM.
You can assign up to 1TB of RAM to ESXi 5.0 virtual machines. - Software support for 3D graphics to run Windows Aero. (이건 게임별로 테스트가 필요)
ESXi 5.0 supports nonhardware accelerated 3D graphics to run Windows Aero and Basic 3D applications in virtual machines. - UEFI virtual BIOS.
Virtual machines running on ESXi 5.0 can boot from and use the Unified Extended Firmware Interface (UEFI). - Client-connected USB devices.
USB devices attached to the client computer running the vSphere Web Client or the vSphere Client can be connected to a virtual machine and accessed within it. - Apple Mac OS X Server guest operating system support. (ㅎㅎㅎ 이건 굉장히 재미있네요. 기대기대)
VMware vSphere 5.0 adds support for the Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") as a guest operating system. Support is restricted to Apple Xserve model Xserve3,1 systems. - Host UEFI boot support.
vSphere 5.0 supports booting ESXi hosts from the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). With UEFI you can boot systems from hard drives, CD/DVD drives, or USB media. Booting over the network requires the legacy BIOS firmware and is not available with UEFI. - Support for up to 512 virtual machines per host.
vSphere 5.0 supports up to 512 virtual machines totaling a maximum of 2048 virtual CPUs per host. - Support for larger systems.
vSphere 5.0 supports systems with up to 160 logical CPUs and up to 2TB of RAM. - VMFS5. (이제 2TB 제한에서 벗어났네요..)
VMFS5 is a new version of vSphere Virtual Machine File System that offers improved scalability and performance, and provides internationalization support. With VMFS5, you can create a 64TB datastore on a single extent. RDMs in physical compatibility mode with the size larger than 2TB can now be presented to a virtual machine. In addition, on SAN storage hardware that supports vStorage APIs - Array Integration (also known as VAAI), ESXi 5.0 uses the atomic test and set (ATS) locking mechanism for VMFS5 datastores. Using this mechanism can improve performance, although the degree of improvement depends on the underlying storage hardware. - Swap to Host Cache. (SSD 사용중인데, 얼마나 빨라질 지 궁금함)
The VMkernel scheduler is modified to allow ESXi swap to extend to local or network SSD devices, which enables memory overcommitment and minimizes performance impact. The VMkernel automatically recognizes and tags SSD devices that are local to ESXi or are on the network. - Software FCoE.
vSphere 5.0 introduces support for a software Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) driver. - ESXi Firewall. (이런 건 진작 나왔어야지.. 뭐 암튼 괜찮음)
The ESXi 5.0 management interface is protected by a service-oriented and stateless firewall
참고로 vCenter 없이 Standalone 으로 사용하시는 분들은 remote 업그레이드가 안된다고 하는데요. 콘솔에서 USB ODD 로 업그레이드해야 합니다. 저도 해봐야 하겠지만요.. 짜증 ㅠ.ㅠ
P.S> ESXi 4.1 –> 5.0 upgrade 마쳤습니다. 추가로 좋은 점 2가지를 발견했습니다.
- Realtek 8168 NIC가 지원됩니다. 아래 스크린샷 참고 (Marvell NIC는 아직 지원되지 않습니다)
- vSphere Client 및 VMware Tools 등에서 한글이 지원됩니다.
