Virtualization Futures VMworld Europe 2008 Dr. Stephen Alan Herrod CTO and VP of R&D, VMware

Agenda Where is Hardware Going Where is Software Going Connecting Computing Clouds

Where is hardware going? x86 continues to move upstream Massive compute power available Power usage grows even more critical Highly-connected compute, networking, and storage Emergence of high-speed, shared interconnects Shared storage becomes less expensive and more pervasive Networking and storage riding x86 improvement curve VMware transforms powerful, disparate hardware into Virtual Infrastructure

Operating System Exchange Operating System Virtualization Operating System VPN Operating System Virtualization Operating System File/Print Operating System Virtualization Operating System CRM Operating System Virtualization Virtual Infrastructure Interconnect Pool CPU Pool Memory Pool Storage Pool Non-Virtualized World Virtual Infrastructure

Interconnect Pool CPU Pool Memory Pool Storage Pool Enables the Virtual Datacenter

Interconnect Pool CPU Pool Memory Pool Storage Pool APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS ExchangeCRMFile/Print Virtual Infrastructure Self-Optimizing (Application Performance)

Virtual Infrastructure APP OS APP OS APP OS File/Print Interconnect Pool CPU Pool Memory Pool Storage Pool ActiveIdlePowered Down Self-Optimizing (Power)

Interconnect Pool CPU Pool Memory Pool Storage Pool APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS ExchangeCRMFile/Print Virtual Infrastructure Self-Healing

Shared Resources for Server and Desktop Virtual Infrastructure Virtual Desktop Manager

ESX Server 3i Desktop Management IT Service Delivery IT Service Continuity Infrastructure Optimization VMware Virtual Datacenter Virtual Infrastructure Platform Hypervisor Management and Automation

Hypervisor Platform Direction In a phase of tremendous innovation driven by: Proliferation of cores and potential inefficiencies Intel and AMD launches make 16+ core systems Technology allows more workloads for virtualization 2nd generation CPU and memory HW assist, I/O acceleration, Paravirtualization Rapidly growing move to pervasive, mission-critical use Requires huge focus on reliability and manageability Thin architecture Unparalleled security and reliability Compact 32MB footprint Only OS-independent design focused on virtualization Integrated in server systems

ESX Server 3i Brings Plug-and-Play Resources Virtual Infrastructure ESX 3i Straight from the OEM to the Shared Resource Pool Pre-installed Pre-configured Pre-certified

Virtualization Platforms/Hypervisor Desktop Management IT Service Delivery IT Service Continuity Infrastructure Optimization VMware Virtual Datacenter Virtual Infrastructure Platform Hypervisor Management and Automation

VMware Infrastructure Vision Moves functionality traditionally considered “management” into the infrastructure Any application gains the benefits, just by virtue of being in a VM Provides new reasons to go virtual The Self-Optimizing, Self-Protecting Datacenter Storage VMotion VMsafe VMware HA VMware DRS VMware DPM

Virtualization Platforms/Hypervisor Desktop Management IT Service Delivery IT Service Continuity Infrastructure Optimization VMware’s Virtual Datacenter Stack Virtual Infrastructure Platform Hypervisor Management and Automation

Provide the fastest way to provision and manage IT services Provide the most resilient and highly available compute platform Provide the easiest compute platform to deploy and operate Simplify enterprise desktop management through virtualization Management and Automation Overview Desktop Management IT Service Delivery IT Service Continuity Infrastructure Optimization Lab Manager Desktop Manager Stage Manager Update Manager Site Recovery Manager

Agenda Where is Hardware Going Where is Software Going Connecting Computing Clouds

Virtualization Has Simplified Software Easier to develop and test Easier to deploy Easier to protect Virtual appliances have taken this even further Checkpoint Windows FIREWALL Virtual Appliance

Where is software going? More diversity in OS and application use Simultaneous use of Linux, Solaris, and Windows farms Customized open source stacks and diverse versions/distributions Services becoming disaggregated and distributed SOA leads to many more components in use SaaS and hosted computing options growing Management task becomes even more difficult Need a way to normalize management approach Can’t stifle software progress along the way

Provisioning, Backup, Load Balancing, DR, … DB2 9 App Stack A App Stack B App Stack C Process The same process must be executed differently depending on the hardware, OS, or application environment Software’s Growing Management Complexity

A logical IT Service provided as a collection of VMs Application and Infrastructure VMs Logical network connections Managed as a single-unit Treated as one entity (provisioning, backup) The right view for managing & achieving SLAs Normalization is Needed: vService Load Balancer IIS #1 IIS #2 Firewall Tomcat App Server Oracle e-commerce vService E-commerce vService

DB2 9 App Stack A App Stack B App Stack C Virtual Infrastructure Physical Hardware vService AvService BvService C Standard Software Containers vServices Provide a Better Unit of Management Complex application stacks become standardized software containers With common processes for management

Agenda Where is Hardware Going Where is Software Going Connecting Computing Clouds

VMware enables a local datacenter “cloud” On-demand capacity via DRS Self-healing and tolerant of hardware failures Applications seamlessly move between resources VMware enables hosting providers offer better services Hosted/SaaS offerings can be standard x86 applications On-demand capacity even more critical Offer customers add-on services of backup, DR, and security VMware’s Role in “Cloud Computing”

VM and vService mobility goes even further Compute-, Network-, and Storage-VMotion Extending from the LAN to Wide-Area-Networks Manage vServices independently of where they run vService includes full state and infrastructure instructions Just as VMs separate software from hardware, vServices separate software and software management from the hardware Next Phase: Connecting the Datacenter Clouds

Extends Virtual Infrastructure beyond a single datacenter Use secondary DR site for workload overflow Leverage other departments’/LOBs’ resources Rent resources from hosters when appropriate All while maintaining the IT Service SLA Next Phase: Connecting the Datacenter Clouds Virtual Infrastructure Hosting Provider Primary Datacenter Secondary Datacenter Virtual Infrastructure vService VM

Summary Virtual Infrastructure aggregates hardware into flexible resource pools and creates a truly virtual datacenter Virtualization simplifies software management, and vServices extend this even further Building upon VM mobility, virtual infrastructure, enables effective use of resources that are local or remote, owned or rented

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