vSphere 4.1 Last Version of ESX, ESXi is the future
So this is not really news, but is now big official news: the 4.1 release of vSphere is the last supported version of ESX. VMware is finally dropping the Service Console. Moving forward, ESXi will be the core hypervisor technology at the center of VMware’s virtualization strategy (for now). Can’t say I disagree, especially if you understand the reduced overhead and patching needs of ESXi - 1/10th the patching requirements? I’ll take it:
During VMworld 2010 in San Francisco one of the big messages being pushed out to the attendees is that VMware ESX will no longer have a future. The 4.1 release will be the last release of VMware ESX, future releases will only come with ESXi. Dauglas Phillips interviewed Sean and Charu from the ESXi team about what this will mean for customers.
Our 4.1 upgrade just changed a wee bit, I think.
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