- RHEV Manager is now a Java application running on JBoss Enterprise Application Platform on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Support for up to 128 logical CPUs and 2TB memory for hosts, and up to 64 vCPUs and 2TB memory for guests.
- A user portal that allows channel partners and users to provision virtual machines.
- And plenty more…
Red Hat released RHEV (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization) 3.0
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.0 has entered beta testing. The key goals: Improving RHEV’s management, performance and scalability. Red Hat is positioning RHEV 3.0 for just about everything — server virtualization, desktop virtualization, public clouds and private clouds. But can RHEV 3.0 help Red Hat to gain some ground on VMware? And will Red Hat channel partners rally around RHEV 3.0? The VAR Guy has some strong opinions on this topic.
Red Hat is quick to note that DreamWorks Animation and NTT Communications use RHEV for for cloud services. RHEV is built atop KVM (kernel-based virtual machine), an open source virtualization offering. Also, BMC and NetApp vowed to support RHEV 3.0. Plus, more than 400 professionals are now certified on RHEV, according to Roger Egan, VP of North America Channels, Red Hat.
Among the changes in the RHEV 3.0 beta, Red Hat notes: