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EXPLORING VMWARE VSPHERE 5
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Essentials
Essentials
Plus Standard Enterprise
Enterprise
Plus
Fault
Tolerance
XX
Storage APIs
for Array
Integration,
Multipathing
XX
Storage
vMotion
XX
Distributed
Resource
Scheduler and
Distributed
Power
Management
XX
Distributed
Switch
X
I/O Controls
(Network and
Storage)
X
Host Profi les X
Auto Deploy X
Policy-Driven
Storage
X
Storage DRS X
Source: “VMware vSphere 5.0 Licensing, Pricing and Packaging” white paper published by VMware, available at
www.vmware.com.
It’s important to note that all editions of VMware vSphere 5 include support for thin provisioning,
vSphere Update Manager, and the vSphere Storage APIs for Data Protection. I did not include them
in Table 1.3 because these features are supported in all editions. Because prices change and vary
depending on partner, region, and other factors, I have not included any pricing information here.
On all editions of vSphere, VMware requires at least one year of Support and Subscription
(SnS). The only exception is the Essential Kits, as I’ll explain in a moment.
In addition to the different editions described above, VMware also offers some bundles,
referred to as kits. VMware offers both Essentials Kits as well as Acceleration Kits.
Essentials Kits are all-in-one solutions for small environments (up to three vSphere hosts
with two CPUs each and a 32 GB vRAM entitlement). To support three hosts with two CPUs
Table 1.3: Overview of VMware vSphere product editions (continued)
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