Google Cloud Adds Self-Managed VMware Cloud Foundation on Bare Metal

With the self-managed solution, Google now offers two models that differ in who operates the stack. VMware Engine, the existing service, runs VCF 5.2 on ve1 and ve2 node families, grants role-based vCenter privileges, and keeps lifecycle management with Google. The new option runs VCF 9.x on z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal instances, each with 96 physical cores on 4th-generation Intel Xeon processors, 1.5 TB of memory, 72 TB of local NVMe and 200 Gbps networking, with customers or their partners driving upgrades and patching through VCF Operations and bringing their own portable VCF subscriptions. Group product manager Sunny Dua and director of product management Prashanth Bungale wrote: The launch of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x by Broadcom is a key driver behind this self-managed deployment option.