Redhat Virtualisation 3.0 Beta released.

Redhat has released virtualisation 3.0 in beta version this is considered to be a end to end virtualisation solution with new capabilites for server virtualisation and desktop virualisation.

Kernel based virtual machines aka KVM is the technology used for it and this has been introduced to Open virtualisation alliance as an alternative to proprietary solutions. Redhat and BMC are working together on BMC cloud and virtualisation solution with Redhat virtualisation 3.0 for their joint customers. Redhat and Netapps are working together to provide storage solutions.


Key features as described by redhat's website is
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 previews several key enhancements, including:

• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager is now a Java application running on JBoss Enterprise Application Platform on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• An updated KVM hypervisor based on the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
• Industry-leading performance and scalability levels, supporting up to 128 logical CPUs and 2TB memory for hosts, and up to 64 vCPUs and 2TB memory for guests.
• A power user portal that allows end users to provision virtual machines, define templates and administer their own environments
• A RESTful API that allows all aspects of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization to be managed and configured programmatically
• New multi-level administrative capabilities, improving product functionality for very large deployments
• New local storage capabilities
• An integrated and embedded reporting engine allowing for analysis of historic usage trends and utilization reports
• SPICE WAN optimization and enhanced performance including dynamic compression and automatic tuning of desktop effects and color depth.  The new version of SPICE also features enhanced support for Linux desktops.