Vizioncore Inc., a leading provider of software for VMware
® Infrastructure 3, today announced the availability of esxCharter 2.0, which provides real-time and historical monitoring as well as enhanced performance control for the VMware ESX Server environment. The new version of esxCharter gives businesses the ability to measure the use of individual virtual machines by business units, departments or other functional areas.
esxCharter allows VMware administrators to quickly diagnose performance bottlenecks in their infrastructure with a near real-time, ‘top-down’ view of their entire virtual infrastructure. Each layer can be traversed for performance metrics to assist in fine-tuning performance for enhanced operation. Virtual machines can be compared to one another on a particular host to determine how best to adjust performance to overcome bottlenecks. esxCharter ensures service levels will be met, as virtual machines can be adjusted on-the-fly in the same user interface or adjusted as a result of a user-defined alter threshold being exceeded.
“esxCharter takes an inventory of resources used by specific virtual machines and calculates the cost of each machine,” said Scott Herold, Senior Director of R&D, at Vizioncore. “This information gives IT managers the capability to bill-back for the use of those resources to the end-user’s business unit, something that was traditionally available in physical infrastructures and missing from virtual infrastructures. Customer feedback and demand drove the research and development of this solution.”
Vizioncore also developed esxCharter 2.0 for compatibility with VMware Infrastructure 3, the most widely-deployed software suite for optimizing and managing industry-standard IT environments through virtualization. In addition to the bill-back feature, esxCharter 2.0 offers enhanced reporting, monitoring and configuration capabilities, including:
- Trend reports with flexible query options
- I/O performance metrics for more intelligent views
- SQL Server database for enhanced access & integration
- Intelligent alerting and automated e-mailing of reports
“esxCharter 2.0 with the new bill-back feature will provide immediate value to the virtual infrastructure community by offering administrators the ability to measure the costs of applications running on virtual machines,” said Mitch Northcutt, President & CEO of RapidApp (www.Rapidapp.com). “Vizioncore provides the automation and intelligence needed, filling a major gap in technology and providing immediate ROI for companies using or moving to virtual infrastructures.”
Pricing & Availability
Vizioncore will demonstrate the new capabilities of esxCharter 2.0 at VMworld in Los Angeles, November 7-9, 2006. esxCharter 2.0 pricing starts at $299/CPU socket. The price includes one year of support. Enterprise licensing is also available. For more information about esxCharter and all Vizioncore products, please contact sales@vizioncore.com.