Functions

Performance

Virtualization Platform Functions and Specifications Comparison

Comparison
Item

Hyper-V
2012 R2

Citrix
6.0

KVM 3.1 VMware

5.5

FusionSphere
5.0

Logical
processors

320

160

160

320

320

Physical
Memory

4 TB

1 TB

2 TB

4 TB

4 TB

Virtual CPUs
Per VM

64

16

64

64

64

Memory Per VM

1 TB

128 GB

1 TB

1 TB

1 TB

Active VMs per

Site

40,000

20,000

40,000

30,000

80,000

Maximum Nodes

64

16

64

32

128

HA

FT

NO

NO

NO

QOS

Thin
Provisioning

Storage Live
Migration

NO

Storage DRS

NO

NO

NO

Intellicache

NO

NO

vSwitch

SR-IOV

NO

NO

vSphere Logical Architecture

FusionSphere and vSphere Logical Architecture Comparison

ManageOne
Service Center

ManageOne
Operation Center or
FusionSphere SOI

FusionManager

UltraVR/HyperDP

UVP+VRM

FusionNetwork

FusionStorage

This figure only shows the overall

architecture of both solutions but does
not provide all components.

The two solutions have similar

architectures, but their function
distributions are not the same.

Cloud infrastructure

VMWares Main Components and Their Huawei Counterparts (1/3)

Original
Component
Name

New Component
Function
Name

Huawei Component

ESXi

Unchanged

Server virtualization software

UVP

vSphere

Unchanged

Operating and management platform for server

virtualization

FusionCompute

NSX

Unchanged

Network virtualization and software-defined

networking component

FusionNetwork

Virtual SAN

Unchanged

Server SAN solution

FusionStorage

vCenter Site
Recovery
Management

Unchanged

Disaster recovery (DR) management software

UltraVR

vSphere Data
Protection
Advanced

Unchanged

Backup management software

HyperDP

vSphere with
Operations
Management

Unchanged

vSphere+intelligent operation and maintenance

(O&M)+performance monitoring+capacity
management

FusionCompute+SOI

vCloud Suite

Unchanged

VMware vSphere private cloud management suite

FusionSphere Platinum
Edition

VMware VSAN

Unchanged

Storage virtualization

FusionStorage

Cloud management

VMWares Main Components and Their Huawei Counterparts (2/3)

Original
New Component
Component Name Name

Function

Huawei Component

vCenter Server

Unchanged

Server virtualization management component

VRM

vCloud Director

Unchanged

Virtual data center (VDC) management component

FusionManager

IT Business
Management
Suite

vRealize Business

Provides insight into and control over IT quality and costs

for CIOs.

vCenter Log
Insight

vRealize Log
Insight

Real-time log management tool for the VMware

environment

FusionManager

vCenter Hyperic

vRealize
Hyperic

vRealize Operations component for monitoring the OSs,

middleware, and applications on physical servers, VMs,
and cloud environments

FusionManager
HypericHQ

vCenter
Orchestrator

vRealize
Orchestrator

Process orchestration and automation tool

FusionManager

vRealize
Automation

Tool for self-service, service catalog, visual application

design, and automatic deployment

ManageOne Service
Center

vRealize
Configuration
Manager

Configuration manager for OS patching, automatic

installation, configuration compliance evaluation, and
system hardening

vRealize
Infrastructure
Navigator

Provides a centralized application view.

FusionManager

vCloud
Automation
Center
vCenter
Configuration
Manager
vCenter
Infrastructure
Navigator

VMWares Main Components and Their Huawei Counterparts (3/3)

Others

Original
Component
Name

New Component
Name

Function

Huawei
Component

vCloud Hybrid
vCloud Air
Service

VMware IaaS hybrid cloud service platform

Huawei cloud service

vCenter
Converter

Unchanged

Physical to virtual (P2V) and virtual to virtual (V2V) tool Rainbow hConverter

N/A

EVO: RAIL (a hyperconverged

Hyper-converged infrastructure appliance simplifying
infrastructure
device deployment, configuration, and management
appliance)

FusionCube
(However, EVO:RAIL
supports third-party
hardware).

N/A

vRealize Suite (a
hybrid cloud
Hybrid cloud management platform
management platform)

FusionManager

N/A

vRealize Operations
Predicative analysis tool providing performance
Insight (an intelligent
management, capacity optimization, and real-time log
operation software
analysis
platform)

FusionSphere System
Operations Insight
(SOI)

FusionSphere and vSphere Suites Comparsion

Original
Component
Name

New Component
Function
Name

vCloud Suite

Unchanged

VMware vCenter
vRealize
Operations
Operations
Management Suite

VMware vSphere private cloud

management suite

Huawei Component

FusionSphere Platinum Edition

IT O&M and management tool suite

integrating performance management,
capacity management and optimization,
and policy-based automation. This tool
FusionSphere Advanced or
suite consisting of vRealize Operations
Platinum Edition
Manager, vRealize Configuration Manager,
vRealize Hyperic, and vRealize
Infrastructure Navigator components.

FusionSphere Editions
Category

Feature

Virtualization Virtual computing resources,

Virtual storage resources,
Virtual network resources,
VM reliability

Product

Security management

Virtual anti-virus

Virtual data VM management &Virtual

center (VDC) private cloud management
Infrastructure operation and
maintenance (O&M)
Measurement

FusionManager

Hypervisor compatibility

Hardware management

Automatic application instance

deployment
Application monitoring

Cloud
Cloud infrastructure service API
infrastructure
Multi data center management
service
Load balancing service

Remote DR based on array

replication
Remote DR base on the host
replication
Performance System operation insight
optimization

Standard
Edition

Intended for the virtualization

market. The Standard
Edition provides mature
virtualization functions and
basic backup and live
migration functions.
FusionManager is not
included in this edition.

Advanced
Edition

Intended for the private

cloud market. The Advanced
Edition provides the backup
function but does not provide
the cloud infrastructure
service functions that are
required by the public cloud.
FusionManager is included
in this edition.

Platinum
Edition

Intended for the hybrid cloud

market. This edition provides
all functions except the
metering function required
by cloud operating.

Data backup

Foundation
Edition

This edition allows users free

access to FusionSphere for
6 CPUs with no time limit.
This edition includes
FusionCompute and
FusionManager.

FusionCompute

Virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN)

Disaster
recovery
(DR) and
backup

Foundation Standard Advanced Platinum /

Edition
Edition Edition Operation

HyperDP
UltraVR

FusionSphere
SOI

Notes Default

Optional