<s>
VMware	B-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
products	O
from	O
VMware	O
(	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
Dell	O
Technologies	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtualization	B-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
abstraction	O
layer	O
that	O
decouples	O
hardware	O
from	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VMware	B-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
suite	O
allows	O
enterprises	O
to	O
optimize	O
and	O
manage	O
their	O
IT	O
infrastructure	O
through	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
as	O
an	O
integrated	O
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
product	O
families	O
are	O
vSphere	O
,	O
vSAN	O
and	O
NSX	O
for	O
on-premises	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VMware	B-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
suite	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
span	O
a	O
large	O
range	O
of	O
deployment	O
types	O
to	O
provide	O
maximum	O
flexibility	O
and	O
scalability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	O
SMP	O
(	O
which	O
allows	O
a	O
guest	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
to	O
"	O
see	O
"	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
CPUs	O
in	O
the	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	O
Inc	O
.	O
released	O
VMware	B-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
3	I-Application
in	O
June	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Known	O
limitations	O
in	O
VMware	B-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
3	I-Application
may	O
constrain	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
:	O
</s>
<s>
limitations	O
in	O
VMware	B-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
version	O
3.5	O
included	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
limitations	O
were	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
volume	O
size	O
of	O
64	O
TB	O
with	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
6	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
controllers	I-Architecture
per	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
;	O
maximum	O
number	O
of	O
remote	O
consoles	O
to	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
is	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
connect	O
Fibre	B-Architecture
Channel	I-Architecture
tape	O
drives	O
,	O
which	O
hinders	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
do	O
backups	O
using	O
these	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	O
renamed	O
their	O
product	O
VMware	B-Application
vSphere	I-Application
for	O
release	O
4	O
,	O
and	O
marketed	O
it	O
for	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
