Here is a list I compiled after completing my What’s New In vSphere 5 class. I won’t bother getting into licensing….
-No block limit size for VMDK
-VMDK scales to 64 TB with 2TB limit on files
- 32 Cores up from 8, 1 TB of Ram
-NFS DataStores increase from 32 to 256
-SATP Modules loaded on demand no more setting from command prompt
-No more setting iscsi port binding from command prompt gui driven
-Software base fcoe initiator
–VAAI -thin provisioning stun + VMFS space reclamation = As the data store reaches max compacity, instead of overfilling and risking data corruption at 97% VMs are put in suspend mode. Space Reclamation works with the storage array vendor to shrink the lun size on a thin provisioned volume as used space decreases to increase storage efficency.
–vCenter client for Linux.
-vCenter appliance linux based….No it doesnt support linked mode
-Profile Driven Storage- Create profiles for SLAs based on performance etc for performance and availability.
-Storage DRS- DRS based on i/o and size
-Virtual Machine format 8 not really exciting usb 3.0 support and also Windows Aero
-Storage I/O Control – Extended to NFS
-Network I/O Control – More granular offering per virtual machine control.
-Vsphere WebClient – Wasnt this in ESX2?
–RTT Latency increase from 5ms to 10ms in Enterprise Plus vMotion
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsphere/vmware-what-is-new-vsphere5.pdf
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