Red Hat Enhances Foundation for Digital Transformation with Latest Version of Red Hat Virtualization
Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 provides increased productivity and higher
application and operational performance and availability, while
delivering improved integration across the open hybrid cloud
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), the world's leading provider of open-source
solutions, today announced the general availability of Red Hat
Virtualization 4.2, the newest release of its Kernel-based
Virtual Machine (KVM)-powered virtualization
platform. Built on the enterprise-grade backbone of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 offers significant product
updates from a simplified user interface to new capabilities around
virtual networking, pairing new capabilities with Red Hat’s
enterprise-grade reliability and support to lay a more stable foundation
for IT innovation. Introduced in tandem with the new version is Red
Hat Virtualization Suite, comprised of Red Hat Virtualization and
Red Hat CloudForms, Red Hat’s hybrid infrastructure management platform,
offering a pre-integrated, simplified access point to open
virtualization technologies combined with management.
Rather than layering open innovation on top of proprietary
infrastructure, Red Hat Virtualization provides an alternative, offering
an open software-defined infrastructure and centralized management
platform for virtualized Linux and Windows workloads. This is designed
to enable customers to modernize traditional applications for greater
efficiency, while also creating a launchpad for cloud-native
and container-based
application innovation.
The latest version of Red Hat Virtualization builds on Red Hat’s
recognized leadership for high performing, highly-available, and more
easily scalable virtual machine (VM) workloads. Specifically, Red Hat
Virtualization 4.2 introduces new and enhanced capabilities around:
- User Interface (UI) – Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 delivers an
easier-to-use and more intuitive user interface. Using the open source
PatternFly project, the Red Hat Virtualization UI now provides a
cohesive look and feel to other Red Hat offerings, including Red Hat
CloudForms. This is designed to help increase productivity for IT
operations, as users can more comfortably move between management
tools without having to relearn basic functions.
- Disaster Recovery (DR) – New disaster recovery capabilities
within Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 deliver a native site-to-site
failover capability. Instead of depending on integration with a
specific storage vendor, Red Hat Virtualization can use storage at
both primary and failover sites with more reliable and consistent data
replication. Adding to this functionality are Red Hat Ansible
Playbooks and Roles that better enable automated failover and failback
of DR processes, which limits the potential for human error to cause
data and operational losses.
- Software-Defined Networking (SDN) – Open Virtual Network (OVN)
has been integrated with Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 to deliver a
native SDN solution through Open vSwitch. This is designed to provide
automated management of network infrastructure and a Neutron
compatible API for external network providers, as well as network
self-service for users, which helps to free up network administrators
from user requests for additional infrastructure.
- Metrics and Logging – The new metrics and logging features of
Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 deliver enhanced real-time reporting and
visualization capabilities built around the Elasticsearch, Fluentd,
and Kibana (EFK), which help to drive increased operational efficiency.
- High Performance VM – Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 provides a new
high performance VM option, which is designed to streamline the
process of configuring a high-performing VM, a necessity for extreme
workloads like big data analysis or AI. This makes it possible for VMs
running on Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 to run at nearly bare metal
speeds, offering additional performance and efficiency for demanding
applications.
- GPU Virtualization – With support
for NVIDIA virtual GPU solutions, Red Hat Virtualization
environments have the power to support more graphics and
compute-intensive applications in a virtual environment in an
organization’s preferred location and connected device.
Cross-portfolio integration and Red Hat Virtualization Suite
Open integration is a key tenet of Red Hat Virtualization. The latest
release delivers deeper integration across the Red Hat portfolio,
including Red Hat Ansible Automation, Red Hat Gluster Storage, Red Hat
CloudForms, Red Hat OpenStack Platform, and Red Hat Satellite.
Additionally, Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 introduces Red Hat
Virtualization Suite. Comprised of Red Hat Virtualization and Red Hat
CloudForms, the suite manages heterogeneous environments across multiple
clouds, hypervisors, containers and traditional computing infrastructure.
Partner ecosystem expansion
Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 expands on its robust partner ecosystem,
providing additional IT management and configuration options for
customers, including new integration capabilities driven by NVIDIA and
Cisco. Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 offers Cisco ACI integration, which
delivers benefits in network and segmentation automation. Red Hat
Virtualization 4.2 is now also supported with NVIDIA virtual GPU (vGPU),
enabling customers to deliver enhanced performance to remote users while
helping to maximize physical infrastructure utilization.
Availability
Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 is available as a standalone offering, as an
integrated offering with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and as part of Red
Hat Cloud Suite or Red Hat Virtualization Suite. Existing subscribers
can upgrade to Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 through the Red
Hat Customer Portal.
Supporting Quotes
Gunnar Hellekson, director, product management, Linux and
Virtualization, Red Hat
“Red Hat Virtualization allows our
customers to access the economics, performance and agility they need
from their virtualized infrastructure. With enhancements in Red Hat
Virtualization 4.2 including improved user interface, user-managed
networking, disaster recovery features and tighter integration with the
rest of Red Hat’s portfolio, we expect organizations to find it even
easier to use and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux hypervisor.”
Gary Chen, research manager, Software Defined Compute, IDC
“The
cost and complexity of today’s IT environment, coupled with the growing
number of cloud native enterprise application environments, continues to
be a challenge for many organizations. For organizations to find success
in this market, they need a virtualization solution that can deliver a
robust set of services for both traditional and new applications while
delivering more operational efficiency.”
Anne Hecht, senior director, NVIDIA Virtual GPU Product Marketing,
NVIDIA
“As virtual client computing continues to grow,
forward-thinking customers can now take advantage of Red Hat
Virtualization with the increased flexibility and efficiency that
GPU-accelerated VDI provides. NVIDIA Quadro Virtual Data Center Software
delivers the enhanced performance for professional engineering and
design applications, and NVIDIA GRID virtual PC enables a native-like
experience for common office workloads, which are becoming more graphics
-intensive.”
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