What’sNewinVMwarevSphere6.0?VMwarevSphere®6.0,theindustry-leadingvirtualizationplatform,empowersuserstovirtualizeanyapplicationwithconfidence,redefinesavailability,andsimplifiesthevirtualdatacenter.Theresultisahighlyavailable,resilient,on-demandinfrastructurethatistheidealfoundationforanycloudenvironment.Thisblockbusterreleasecontainsthefollowingnewfeaturesandenhancements,manyofwhichareindustry-firstfeatures*:ComputeAvailability•IncreasedScalability–Increasedconfigurationmaximums:Virtual•vMotionEnhancements–Performnon-disruptivelivemigrationmachineswillsupportupto128virtualCPUs(vCPUs)and4TBofworkloadsacrossvirtualswitchesandvCenterServersandvirtualRAM(vRAM).Hostswillsupportupto480CPUand12TBofoverdistancesofupto100msRTT.Theastonishing10xincreaseinRAM,1,024virtualmachinesperhost,and64nodespercluster.RTTofferedinlong-distancevMotionnowmakesitpossiblefor•ExpandedSupport–Expandedsupportforthelatestx86datacentersphysicallylocatedinNewYorkandLondontomigratechipsets,devices,drivers,andguestoperatingsystems.Forliveaworkloadsbetweenoneanother.completelistofguestoperatingsystemssupported,seethe•Replication-AssistedvMotion*–Enablescustomers,withVMwareCompatibilityGuide.active-activereplicationsetupbetweentwosites,toperform•AmazingGraphics–NVIDIAGRID™vGPU™deliverstheamoreefficientvMotionresultinginhugetimeandresourcefullbenefitsofNVIDIAhardware-acceleratedgraphicstosavings–asmuchas95percentmoreefficientdependingonvirtualizedsolutions.thesizeofthedata.•InstantClone*–Technology,builtinvSphere6.0,thatlays•FaultthatTolerance(upto4-vCPUs)–Expandedsupportforsoftware-foundationtorapidlycloneanddeployvirtualmachines,asmuchbasedfaulttoleranceforworkloadswithupto4virtualCPUs.as10xfasterthanwhatiscurrentlypossibletoday.ManagementStorage•ContentLibrary–Centralizedrepositorythatprovidessimple•TransformStorageforyourVirtualMachines–vSphereandeffectivemanagementforcontentincludingvirtualmachineVirtualVolumes*enablesyourexternalstoragearraystotemplates,ISOimagesandscrip