E531 - VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Unpacked: A Technical Breakdown
Published: June 20, 2025
Duration: 29:02
Welcome to the seventh episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast's VCF 9 series! In this installment, hosts Pete Flecha and John Nicholson unpack VMware Cloud Foundation 9 with William Lam, Distinguished Platform Engineer at Broadcom.
Key Highlights:
Complete re-architecture of the software stack Core Platform Innovations:- Compute: Support for VMs up to 1000 vCPUs and 16TB memory
- Memory Tiering: Transparent NVMe memory expansion
- vSAN Global Deduplication (30-40% storage efficiency)
- First-class Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) constructs in vCenter
Unified Management Capabilities:
- Global control plan...