VMware vSphere 5.0 for ESXi* 5.0 - Intel® Server Board S2600CO

VMware vSphere* 5, update 1, delivers nearly 200 new and enhanced capabilities, provides efficiency from existing investments, an efficient and automated cloud infrastructure, and improves operational agility. VMware vSphere 5 supports virtual machines (VMs) that are up to four times more powerful than previous versions - VMs can now be configured with up to 1 terabyte of memory and 32 virtual CPUs. With enhanced High Availability, these gains in VM scalability and performance enable customers to virtualize any business-critical applications with confidence. VMware vSphere 5 also introduces three key new flagship features – Auto-Deploy, Profile-Driven Storage and Storage DRS –delivering intelligent policy management to support an automated "set it and forget it" approach to managing datacenter resources, including server deployment and storage management.

Intel® Server Board S2600CO is the perfect server building block with the performance, storage capacity, and I/O flexibility required by most for small- and medium-size businesses (SMB) and embedded applications. It is an ideal server solution for embedded storage systems and SMB’s seeking advanced server features and a long life cycle and supports dual Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 processors with Intel® TXT Technology for demanding compute environments. Cost-conscious feature set with expandable options, supporting 6 GB SAS, hot swap, and several RAID options. Strong, performance-based features such as dual socket support, mainstream 16 DIMM support, and an enterprise LAN solution. From virtualization and cloud computing to design automation or real-time financial transactions, you’ll be delighted by better than ever performance. I/O latency is dramatically reduced with Intel® Integrated I/O, which helps you to eliminate data bottlenecks, streamline your operations, and increase your agility.