VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Unpacked: A Technical Breakdown

Welcome to the seventh episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast's VCF 9 series! In this installment, hosts Pete Flecha and John Nicholson unpack VMware Cloud Foundation 9 with William Lam, Distinguished Platform Engineer at Broadcom.

 

Key Highlights:

• Complete re-architecture of the software stack
• Core Platform Innovations:

  - Compute: Support for VMs up to 1000 vCPUs and 16TB memory

  - Memory Tiering: Transparent NVMe memory expansion

  - vSAN Global Deduplication (30-40% storage efficiency)

  - First-class Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) constructs in vCenter

 

• Unified Management Capabilities:

  - Global control plane with VCF Operations

  - Simplified single sign-on across identity providers

  - Unified patch and upgrade management

  - Non-disruptive certificate management

  - Centralized fleet-level operations

 

• Automation and Multi-tenancy:

  - Native multi-tenancy across compute, storage, and networking

  - Self-service resource allocation

  - Support for Kubernetes namespaces

  - Declarative API and automation support

 

• Deployment Flexibility:

  - New VCF Installer supporting Greenfield and Brownfield deployments

  - Ability to import and convert existing infrastructure

 

Join us as we dive deep into the technical innovations of VMware Cloud Foundation 9 in this comprehensive podcast episode.