Google Cloud Launches Self-Managed VMware Solution for Enterprise Customers

At a glance

Google Cloud has released the full version of a self-managed VMware solution that lets companies run VMware Cloud Foundation directly on dedicated bare metal servers. The goal is to help businesses move to the cloud while keeping their current ways of operating.

Key points

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   Customers can decide their own virtualization stack, maintenance schedules, and how to connect external management tools.

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   It runs on dedicated Z3 bare metal servers, and each node has 96 physical cores and 1.5TB of memory.

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   Google said customers can use NVMe (high-speed storage) as memory or as storage to reduce costs.

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   It also supports bringing existing VMware subscriptions along.

Why it matters

Companies using VMware gain more options to move their servers while keeping the operating methods they already know.