[Info-vax] VSI x86 port supported hardware target (generic or vendor family) ?

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of clair.grant-
> -- via Info-vax
> Sent: April 29, 2018 3:22 PM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: clair.grant at vmssoftware.com <clairgrant71 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] VSI x86 port supported hardware target (generic
> or vendor family) ?
> 
> On Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 9:18:34 AM UTC-4, IanD wrote:
> > On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 7:08:34 PM UTC+10, David Wade wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Last I read, and I am sure it was on here, VMWare was ruled out
> because
> > > of the expense of getting it in a supported state.
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> > I thought VMware was coming later?
> >
> > It's a rather important platform to not support at all
> 
> One more time........
> 
> I have talked with the VMware folks multiple times. I think it will be
> difficult to make a business case that VMware will see as being worth
> their time, effort, and resources to support VMS as a guest. (Yes, I even
> said just send every problem report directly to VSI; they didn't buy it.)
> So, I'm not ruling anything out but the likelihood seems very small. For
> now we will concentrate on VirtualBox and kvm, maybe try Hyper-V at
> some point.
> 
> Clair
> 

While VMware currently does have the biggest market share of the virtualization market, there is a growing Customer resentment to the very high licensing costs associated with VMware - especially when one implements all of the available features and add-ons.

Hence, similar to companies looking for alternatives to Oracle SW costs (where 80% of Cust's only use 20% of features), this has allowed HCI (hyper-converged infrastructure) companies like Nutanix to grow significantly.

Nutanix does support VMware, but its native implementation (where it is constantly enhancing and promoting) is based on KVM.

Reference:
<http://go.nutanix.com/rs/nutanix/images/nutanix-acropolis-virtualization-datasheet.pdf>
"Nutanix Acropolis is a turnkey infrastructure platform that delivers enterprise-class storage, compute, and native virtualization services to run nearly any application. Together with Prism, a comprehensive, yet consumer-grade, management platform, Nutanix provides an enterprise cloud platform for organizations of all sizes. As a fully integrated IT solution, it eliminates the cost and complexity of legacy datacenter technologies that are individually deployed and separately managed."

"AHV is built on proven open-source KVM technology and is included at no additional cost with every Nutanix deployment. AHV supports core virtualization capabilities including high availability, VM migration, and optimized resource utilization. Everything delivered as a simplified management solution."

Summary - one can implement Windows, Linux and OpenVMS (assuming VSI KVM works on Nutanix) HCI environments with no VMware costs. That is a pretty powerful Sales pitch.

As Wayne Gretzky used to say "skate where the puck is going to be, not where it is right now .."

😊

A few Nutanix references for those interested in next gen HCI:
<https://www.nutanix.com/next/>
<https://www.nutanix.com/2018/04/18/highlights-inaugural-nutanix-2018-investor-day/> 


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com