Arne Fokkema over at ICT-Freak was the First one to discover a nice Christmas present. This release introduces VMware ESX Server 3i, the industry's first ultra-thin hypervisor. With this ultra-thin architecture, ESX Server 3i provides unprecedented levels of security, reliability, and manageability. ESX Server 3i provides all the benefits and features of VMware ESX Server hypervisor including: Increases security with a small, virtualization-centric package that minimizes attack surface area and requires minimal patching, Provides full integration with VirtualCenter 2.5, Integrates with hardware to ensure compatibility, certification, and optimized configurations, Enables standards-based management of the underlying hardware, Works in conjunction with VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) to achieve plug-and-play capacity scaling for your datacenter. ESX Server 3i Installable is supported only on Dell 2950 (full support) and on HP DL380 G5 (experimental support).
