VMware launches new enterprise database

Global virtualization and cloud Infrastructure leader VMware (NYSE trading Code: VMW) announced a new database opening and operation solution at VMworld 2011, which aims to bring an enterprise a service model of database and service. As an extension of the VMware Cloud application platform strategy, VMware vfabric Data director will provide it with the ability to control and manage an increasing array of heterogeneous databases through policy-based automation, At the same time, it can simplify the application development by quickly acquiring the database service required by the modern application for the self-service supply mode of the developer. The Vfabric Data director based on VMware Vsphere will also extend the benefits of virtualized infrastructure to the database tier to optimize resource utilization, improve operational efficiency, and achieve cost savings.

"The large amount of data that companies need to manage modern applications, while supporting critical application development, is growing," said Tod Nielsen, the joint president of VMware's application platform division. VMware is currently promoting its cloud application platform strategy by providing innovative data access and management services that are more efficient for today's applications, while laying the groundwork for next-generation cloud-era applications. ”

A new generation of applications calls for modern cloud application platform

Cloud age applications are fundamentally different from applications written for previous client/server or Internet architectures. The development of modern applications under the framework of highly efficient and dynamic virtual and cloud infrastructure delivery is increasing. Today's applications must also take into account the wider range of networks, SaaS, social and mobile platforms, and the exponential increase in real-time data.

In response to this change in application nature, VMware is investing in a complete cloud application platform, including innovative development frameworks, applications and data services, and a new cloud-based platform, a service delivery model, that promises to dramatically increase developer productivity, while VMware, Third-party and open source communities receive the broadest range of infrastructure services. VMware has a very important modern innovative cloud application platform that can provide Java developers in the spring community with an innovative master architecture, a range of core cloud applications services, including communications and memory data services, and the industry's first open platform, service (PaaS) offerings cloud Foundry. The goal is to support a variety of new application development frameworks and multiple languages, including Erlang, JRuby, Php,python, and data service languages such as neo4j.

Launch Vfabric data Director: Self-service database opening and operation

With the exponential growth of data supporting today's applications, businesses are increasingly encountering the "database sprawl" problem, namely, the growth of poorly managed, unprotected, or even unknown databases in IT organizations. The increasing number of human operations on such databases limits the ability of developers to quickly access and open Data services for their applications. Vfabric data Director will establish a policy-driven model to promote unified security, data protection, and resource consumption for enterprise database combinations. Automating day-to-day database operations through standardized policies and best practices enables database administrators to focus on higher-value activities while laying the groundwork for a self-service database model for developers. With a powerful web portal, developers can use the Vfabric data Director to automatically capture a variety of database services for their specific needs.

"Companies must support hundreds of or even thousands of of applications," Noel Yuhanna of Forrester, Inc., on July 31, 2008, said in "Database as A Service explodes on the Scene". In response to growing business needs, but the growth of this demand has significantly boosted the cost of running and managing databases under these applications. This pressure on it budgets makes it more difficult to provide a database to support new requirements, such as Web 2.0 applications or other emerging collaboration solutions, and even to support more common uses such as increased application testing. A new choice, called a database, a service (DaaS), hosts the database in the cloud and is ideal for some new applications. ”

The Vfabric Data Director also extends the benefits of virtualized infrastructure to the database layer, reducing operational costs through automated database provisioning, backup, recovery, cloning, and monitoring. Based on VMware vsphere, Vfabric Data Director is the most widely used virtualization platform in the industry, integrating vsphere unique resource management capabilities to optimize resource utilization and reduce overall operating costs.

Jared Wray, founder and chief technology officer of Tier 3, said: "It is the core of our database, the service strategy, to make Tier 3 of the enterprise cloud customers easier to manage their complex data." VMware Vfabric Data Director overcomes many of the challenges our customers face in moving to self-service cloud databases, and is a big step in implementing the technology of database-servicing. ”

Introduction of Vfabric Postgres relational database for vsphere optimization

The first database supported on data director is the VMware vfabric Postgres, a new product that VMware is based on PostgreSQL and fully compatible with PostgreSQL. Fully compatible with acid and ansi-sql, PostgreSQL is an enterprise-class database with a long mission-critical customer application history and supported by an active open source community.

VMware has completed the optimization of Vfabric postgres for the vsphere environment. Vfabric postgres Resilient database memory can be dynamically adapted to workload to improve memory efficiency and integration. Dynamic checkpoint tuning and the ability to automatically match VM parameters for optimal performance and resource utilization make Vfabric Postgres the ideal database for vsphere environments.

Industry support for Data Director database

VMware plans to extend Vfabric Data director support beyond PostgreSQL to extend this common open and operational model to the broadest range of commercial and open source databases.

The database industry leader has announced today that it supports Vfabric Data Director:

Sybase Company of SAP

"The common vision of SAP's Sybase company and VMware is that the customer's new application requirements and cloud deployment are changing the database market from two aspects of architecture and delivery." VMware Vfabric Data Director will help provide enterprises with traditional database technology and database-service technology. We look forward to working closely with VMware as our preferred partner to make Sybase re-use Server enterprise a leading database solution through VMware vfabric data director. ”

--executive vice president and chief marketing officer, Dr. Raj Nathan

Emc/greenplum:

"The launch of VMware's Vfabric Data director is a powerful innovation in cloud computing and virtualization." We are delighted to work with VMware and are heartened by the role of Vfabric data director technology for our enterprise's cloud products Greenplum Chorus. ”

Bill Cook, president of ――EMC's Greenplum department